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Half Moon (2006)
Director: Bahman Ghobadi
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From Time Out New York
Inspired by Mozart’s Requiem and commissioned as part of a series of films commemorating the composer’s 250th birthday, this elegy for an old Kurdish musician determined to perform one last time in his homeland is equal parts road-trip slapstick and human-rights screed, with a dollop of haunting mysticism. Bahman Ghobadi’s previous work has been similarly eclectic with mixed results, although his eye for imagery is undeniably arresting. The visual poetry works; the comic relief and political harangue, not so much.Author: Stephen Garrett
Time Out New York Time Out New York, Issue 637–638, December 13–26, 2007
Cast & crew
Director: Bahman Ghobadi
Cast: Golshifteh Farahani, Ismail Ghaffari, Allah-Morad Rashtian, Farzin Sabooni, Kambiz Arshi, Sadiq Behzadpoor, Ali Ashraf Rezai, Reza Haj Khosravi, Mohamad Nahid, Bahram Zarei, Hedye Tehrani, Hassan Poorshirazi full cast
Rated: NR
Duration: 107 mins
US Release: Dec 14 2007
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