Half Moon (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Half Moon Alternatively: half moon |
| Original title | Nîwe Mang |
| Country of production |
Iran Austria France Iraq |
| original language |
Kurdish Persian |
| Publishing year | 2006 |
| length | 114 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Bahman Ghobadi |
| script | Bahman Ghobadi |
| production |
Simon Field Keith Griffiths Abbass Ghazali Bahman Ghobadi Behrooz Hashemian Hedieh Tehrani |
| music | Hossein Alizadeh |
| camera |
Nigel Bluck Crighton Bone |
| cut | Haydeh Safi-Yari |
| occupation | |
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Half Moon ( Kurdish : Nîwe Mang / Nîvê Heyvê ; alternative title: Halbmond ) is a 2006 film by Bahman Ghobadi , who was both screenwriter and director. Halbmond is a co-production between Austria , France , Iran and Iraq . The film was commissioned by the New Crowned Hope Festival . The New Crowned Hope took place on the occasion of Mozart's 250th birthday in 2006 in Vienna . Parts of the film are influenced by Mozart's Requiem .
action
Mamo, an old well-known Kurdish singer from Iran, is planning to give one last concert in Erbil with his ten sons . The concert should be a cry for freedom . But the village elders warn Mamo of this and say that disaster will happen to him if he starts the journey.
But Mamo, who waited a full seven months for the visa, does not let himself be stopped from the trip. On the way, Mamo wants to take the singer Hesho, who lives with other women in the village of the singers exiled in 1334. Despite protests from his sons, he takes Hesho with him. However, Hesho is discovered and arrested by the Iranian border guard because women are not allowed to sing in Iran. Three of Mamo's sons are also sent back due to missing papers. The journey turns out to be long and dangerous. The musical instruments are destroyed on the way and Mamo loses more and more sons. Sick and without instruments and a singer, Mamo resigns. Hope comes with the girl Nîwemang or Palpalo. She wants to bring Mamo to Iraq via Turkey. But Mamo does not survive the trip and dies. His last wish is to come to the concert dead or alive. This is fulfilled for him.
reception
success
The film was released in several European countries. Almost 40,000 moviegoers were counted, over 17,000 of them in Spain.
criticism
"The very poetic film, staged in places with bizarre humor, approaches the topic of 'boundaries and their overcoming' in a complex and diverse way."
Awards
- International Istanbul Film Festival 2007: Audience Award
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián 2006: Golden Shell, FIPRESCI Prize , "Best Camera"
Web links
- Crescent in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Half Moon in the Lexicon of International Films
- Half Moon atRotten Tomatoes(English)
- Review by Ty Burr , The Boston Globe .
- Review by Ronnie Scheib , Variety .
- Review by Kirk Honeycutt ( Memento of 30 September 2007 at the Internet Archive ), Hollywood Reporter .
- Half Moon , New Crowned Hope Festival in Vienna 2006
- "Golden Shell" for New Crowned Hope film
Individual evidence
- ↑ Niwemang (KU). In: Lumière, database on film attendance in Europe. Retrieved December 22, 2011 .