Half Moon (Film)

  • Ismail Ghaffari: Mamo
  • Hedieh Tehrani: Hesho
  • Golshifteh Farahani: Niwemang
  • Allah - Morad Rashtian: Kako

Half Moon ( Kurdish: Niwe Mang / Nive Heyvê; Alternative Title: Half Moon) is a film by Bahman Ghobadi, who was both a screenwriter and director, from 2006 Crescent is a co-production of the countries Austria, France, Iran and Iraq.. The film was commissioned by the New Crowned Hope Festival in order. The New Crowned Hope took place in Vienna on the occasion of the 250th birthday of Mozart 2006. Parts of the film are affected by the Requiem of Mozart.

Action

Mamo, an old well-known Kurdish singer from Iran, plans to give his ten sons one last concert in Arbil. The concert will be a cry for freedom. But the village elders warn Mamo front of it and say that a disaster will happen to him if he takes the trip.

But Mamo, who waited a full seven months for the visa, can not stop from the trip. Move Mamo wants the singer Hesho take that lives with other women in the village of 1334 exiled singers. Despite protest of his sons he takes Hesho with. However Hesho is discovered and arrested, because women in Iran must not sing from the Iranian border guard. Three of Mamo's sons are also sent back because of missing papers. The trip turns out to be long and dangerous. On the way musical instruments are destroyed and Mamo loses more and more sons. Sick and without instruments and singer resigned Mamo. Hope comes with the girl Nîwemang or Palpalo. She wants to bring Mamo via Turkey to Iraq. But Mamo does not survive the trip, and dies. His last wish is to come dead or alive to the concert. This is accomplished him.

Reception

Success

The film was released in several European countries in the cinemas. Nearly 40,000 moviegoers were counted, of which about 17,000 in Spain.

Criticism

" The very poetic, sometimes staged with bizarre humor film approaches to complex and in many ways the theme, limitations and how to overcome them ' on. "

Awards

Kurdish languages Screenplay Film score Hossein Alizâdeh Erbil The Hollywood Reporter
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