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Half Moon (2006) [N/A]

Release Date:
August 21, 2006

Original Title:
نیوه مانگ

Alternate Titles:
Demi-lune
Halbmond
Nimeye Mah
Nîvê Heyvê
반달

Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Music

Production Companies:
Mij Film Co.
New Crowned Hope
Silkroad Production

Production Countries:
Austria | France | Iran | Iraq

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 108

Overview from TheMovieDB

Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. After seven months of trying to get a permit and rounding up his ten sons, he sets out for the long and troublesome journey in a derelict bus, denying a recurring vision of his own death at half moon. Halfway the party halts at a small village to pick up female singer Hesho, which will only add to the difficulty of the undertaking, as it is forbidden for Iranian women to sing in public, let alone in the company of men. But Mamo is determined to carry through, if not for the gullible antics of the bus driver.

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Art Direction:
Bahman Ghobadi

Assistant Editor:
Shabnam Hosseini
Mahmoud Ghaffari

Associate Producer:
Behrooz Hashemian

Co-Writer:
Behnam Behzadi

Director:
Bahman Ghobadi

Director of Photography:
Nigel Bluck
Crighton Bone

Editor:
Hayedeh Safiyari

Executive Producer:
Keith Griffiths
Simon Field

First Assistant Director:
Jalal Saed Panah
Amin Mahdavi

Line Producer:
Hedie Tehrani
Abbas Ghazali

Original Music Composer:
Hossein Alizadeh

Producer:
Bahman Ghobadi

Production Design:
Mansooreh Yazdanjoo

Screenplay:
Bahman Ghobadi

Sound Assistant:
Mansour Shahbazi
Babak Ardalan

Sound Designer:
Bahman Ardalan

Sound Editor:
Bahman Ardalan

Sound Recordist:
Bahman Ardalan

Title Designer:
Omid Nejadnik

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