Half Moon (Niwemang) - Niwemang
Strand Releasing (2006)
Comedy, Drama, Music, Road Trip
In Collection
#83
7*
Seen ItYes
(4/24/2017 Home)
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IMDB   7.2
114 mins Austria / Kurdish/Persian
DVD  Region 1
Golshifteh Farahani Niwemang
Ismail Ghaffari Mamo
Hedye Tehrani Hesho
Golshifte Farahani Niwemang
Allah-Morad Rashtian
Farzin Sabooni
Kambiz Arshi
Mohamad Nahid
Sadiq Behzadpoor
Ali Ashraf Rezai
Reza Haj Khosravi
Bahram Zarei
Hediyeh Tehrani Hesho
Hassan Pourshirazi
Director/Choreographer
Bahman Ghobadi
Producer Bahman Ghobadi
Simon Field
Abbas Ghazali
Writer/Composer Bahman Ghobadi
Behnam Behzadi
Cinematography Nigel Bluck
Crighton Bone
Music Hossein Alizadeh

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.
Edition Details
Original Title Niwemang
Distributor Strand Releasing
Release Date 2006
Packaging Amaray
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 2.0 (Stereo) in Kurdisch
Dolby Digital 5.1 in Kurdisch
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date 4/7/2016
Location Personal Library
Owner Deitz
Store Amazon.com
Purchase Price $17.98
Condition New
Tags OSHPC Discussion Group
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Features
- Making of (ca. 35 Min.)- Trailer

Notes
A beautiful, poetic road trip drama with dark comedy overtones· I like the road trip genre, but I haven't seen one in a while· This beautifully filmed journey through the arid and harsh Iranian Kurdistan borderlands drew me in.