Half Moon - LA Film Festival (June 24-27, 2007)
Half Moon
Niwemang Austria , France , Iran , Iraq, 113 min In Kurdish and Persian with English subtitles Directed By: Bahman Ghobadi Writer: Bahman Ghobadi Producer: Bahman Ghobadi Cinematographers: Nigel Bluck, Crighton Bone Editor: Heyedeh Safiyari Music: Hossein Alizadeh Cast: Ismail Ghaffari, Allah Morad Rashtiani, Hedieh Tehrani, Golshifteh Farahani, Hassan Poorshirazi, Comedy and tragedy are deftly juggled in Bahman Ghobadi's stirring tribute to the long-suppressed cultural traditions of Kurdistan. A legendary Iranian-Kurdish musician (Ismail Ghaffari) assembles his many instrument-wielding sons as well as a mysterious female singer for a dangerous road trip into Iraq where they have been invited to play a concert celebrating the fall of Saddam Hussein. Shot on location against the harshly beautiful landscapes of the Iran-Iraq border, Ghobadi's life-affirming film, inspired by the Requiem, mixes political critique with side-splitting farce and inflects neorealistic style with visionary flourishes. SCREENING SCHEDULESun, Jun 24 / 4:00pm Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museu $11.00 Wed, Jun 27 / 2:15pm Italian Cultural Institute $11.00
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