Nîwemang / nivīsandah va kārgardān, Bahman Qubādī ; hamkār fīlmnāmah, Bihnām Bihzādī ; sarmāyah guz̲ār va tahiyah kunandah, Mizh Fīlm ; Bihrūz Hāshimyān = Half moon / Strand Releasing ; Match Factory ; writer and director, Bahman Ghobadi ; co-writer, Behnam Behazadi ; producer Mij Film ; co-producer, Behrooz Hashemian ; screenplay, Bahman Ghobadi with the cooperation of Behnam Behzadi ; directed by Bahman Ghobadi.
نيوەمانگ / نويسنده و کارگردان، بهمن قبادى ؛ همکار فيلمنامه، بهنام بهزادى ؛ سرمايه گذار و تهيه کننده، مژ فيلم ؛ بهروز هاشميان.
Mamo is an iconic Kurdish musician in the twilight of his life and failing health, who must lead a dozen of his sons to Iraq for a concert to celebrate the fall of Saddam Hussein and the end of his repression of Kurdish music. Their plan is to drive across the border between Iranian and Iraqi Kurdistan, but the road will be long and winding and the local wise man has predicted calamity. The men will encounter the most sublime visions alongside the most horrendous brutality. First they must pick up Hesho, Mamo's exiled singer and muse. Her voice represents a divine, transformative power, and Mamo is left in a state of grace no one could ever have anticipated.
Item details
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher: [Culver City, California] : Strand Releasing, [2008]
- Copyright: ©2008
Contents / Notes
General Note: | "Strand Releasing and the Match Factory present a Mij Films production in co-production with Silkroad Production & New Crowned Hope Festival Vienna 2006 ; producer, Bahman Ghobadi ; co-producer, Behrooz Hashemian ; screenplay, Bahman Ghobadi with the cooperation of Behnam Behzadi ; directed by Bahman Ghobadi."--Container. "This film is part of the New Crowned Hope Festival produced by Wiener Festwochen Wiener Mozart Jahr 2006." Originally produced in 2006. Wide screen. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Nigel Bluck ; additional photography, Crighton Bone ; editor, Hayedeh Safiyari ; original music, Hossein Alizadeh ; production designer, Mansoureh Yazdanju, Bahman Ghobadi. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Ismail Ghaffari, Allah Morad Rashtiani, Farzin Sabooni, Kambiz Arshi, Mohamad Nahid, Sadiq Behzadpoor, Ali Ashraf Rezai, Reza Haj Khosravi, Bahram Zarei, Hedieh Tehrani, Golshifteh Farahani, Hassan Poorshirazi. |
Target Audience Note: | Unrated. |
Language Note: | In Kurdish and Persian with English subtitles. |
Awards Note: | Winner, Golden Seashell - Fipresci Prize for Best Cinematography (Nigel Bluck) at the San Sebastian International film Festival, 2006. |
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