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Half Moon poster
A
Excellent
MASTER SCORE 75.3 / 100
2006·Comedy / Drama / Music·1h 47m

HALF MOON

“A passion able to cross borders.”

Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. After seven months of trying to get a permit and rounding up his ten sons, he sets out for the long and troublesome journey in a derelict bus, denying a recurring vision of his own death at half moon. Halfway the party halts at a small village to pick up female singer Hesho, which will only add to the difficulty of the undertaking, as it is forbidden for Iranian women to sing in public, let alone in the company of men. But Mamo is determined to carry through, if not for the gullible antics of the bus driver.

Above the Line
Bahman Ghobadi·DirectorBahman Ghobadi·ScreenplayBehnam Behzadi·Co-WriterNigel Bluck·Director of PhotographyHossein Alizadeh·Original Music ComposerHayedeh Safiyari·Editor
Cast
Golshifteh Farahani·NiwemangHedie Tehrani·HeshoIsmail Ghaffari·MamoFarzin SabooniHassan Pourshirazi·OfficerKambiz ArshiMohamad NahidSadiq BehzadpoorAli Ashraf RezaiReza Haj Khosravi
Full Crew
(25 credits)
Directing· 3
Bahman Ghobadi·DirectorAmin Mahdavi·First Assistant DirectorJalal Saed Panah·First Assistant Director
Writing· 2
Bahman Ghobadi·ScreenplayBehnam Behzadi·Co-Writer
Camera· 2
Nigel Bluck·Director of PhotographyCrighton Bone·Director of Photography
Editing· 3
Hayedeh Safiyari·EditorMahmoud Ghaffari·Assistant EditorShabnam Hosseini·Assistant Editor
Sound & Music· 6
Hossein Alizadeh·Original Music ComposerBabak Ardalan·Sound AssistantBahman Ardalan·Sound DesignerBahman Ardalan·Sound RecordistBahman Ardalan·Sound EditorMansour Shahbazi·Sound Assistant
Art & Design· 3
Mansooreh Yazdanjoo·Production DesignBahman Ghobadi·Art DirectionOmid Nejadnik·Title Designer
Production· 6
Simon Field·Executive ProducerBahman Ghobadi·ProducerKeith Griffiths·Executive ProducerAbbas Ghazali·Line ProducerBehrooz Hashemian·Associate ProducerHedie Tehrani·Line Producer
By the Numbers
75.3
OF 100
Master Score
7.2
OF 10
IMDb
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CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
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Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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Poster DNA

THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

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Dominant Palette
3 colors
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#505646
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Mood
Somber
Composition
Centered
Era
2010s
Visual Style
Graphic Design

“The movie poster features a dark, grainy background with a subtle gradient of light and shadow. The title "HALF MOON" is centered near the bottom in a small, li”

Atmosphere
Muted
Color Mood
Neutral
Setting
None Visible
Design Score
7/10
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