Half Moon (Niwemang)
Dir: Bahman Ghobadi | Austria / France / Iran / Iraq | 2006 | 109mins
Bahman Ghobadi's third feature, Half Moon , follows the musical journey of Mamo, a Kurdish musician who has been given permission to perform a concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. He is convinced that the essence of the upcoming festival is the voice of a woman, Hesho - but as women are forbidden to sing in front of women in public, she must be carefully concealed on the bus. A majestic landscape and a sense of premonition pervade a journey informed by experiences of oppression, adventure and the transcendent power of music, and set against the backdrop of Saddam Hussein's fall from power.
Distributor: ICA Films
35mm & DVD bookings | Sara Squire | 020 7766 1416
Theatrical release date | 4 January 2008
Official site | www.mijfilm.com/movie.php?m=71&lang=1
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