
Cinetrā

Cinetrā

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.
Toronto International Film Festival 2006
Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival 2006
Reykjavik International Film Festival 2006
Cast: Golshifteh Farahani, Hedie Tehrani, Ismail Ghaffari, Farzin Sabooni, Hassan Pourshirazi, Kambiz Arshi, Mohamad Nahid, Sadiq Behzadpoor, Ali Ashraf Rezai, Reza Haj Khosravi, Bahram Zarei, AllahMorad Rashtiani, Faegh Mohamadi
Writer: Bahman Ghobadi (Screenplay)
Cinematographer: Nigel Bluck
Production Designer: Mansooreh Yazdanjoo, Bahman Ghobadi
Editor: Hayedeh Safiyari
Sound Designer: Bahman Ardalan, Bahman Ardalan
Composer: Hossein Alizadeh
Direction team: Amin Mahdavi (First Assistant Director), Jalal Saed Panah (First Assistant Director)
Producers: Simon Field, Abbas Ghazali, Bahman Ghobadi
Production: Silkroad Production, Mij Film, New Crowned Hope