Hesho, Mamo's exiled singer and muse Still from "Half Moon" (2006), dir. Bahman Ghobadi
Despite his poor health, the elderly musician Mamo plans to lead a dozen of his sons to Iraq for a concert - "a cry of freedom" - to celebrate the fall of Saddam Hussein and the end of his repression of Kurdish music. Kako, one of Mamo's many sons, manages to borrow an orange school bus and along with his other brothers, their precious musical instruments and of course Mamo, drives across the border between Iranian and Iraqi Kurdistan for the big concert.
Half Moon is Bahman Ghobadi's fourth film, and has recently won the Golden Shell for best film at the 2006 San Sebastián film festival.
