My mind is an infant viewer of Persian cinema but Director Asghar Farhadi impressed me repeatedly, and Director Bahman Ghobadi made me cry with 'Turtles Can Fly' (one of cinema's greatest and most profound).
As I'd seen all of Farhadi's, I chose Ghobadi's 'Half Moon', released in 2006.
It's opening noise of a cock fight, crowded shouting people, the loudhailer and children playing music and singing at the topic of their voices is, despite the poor birds, wonderful culture shock.
Their humour is different to ours in South Africa but easily accessible.
A busload of Kurd musicians in Iran go on a bus trip to Iraq to become the first Kurd band to perform post-Saddam Hussein. Their travel is fraught. It goes from comedy to dramedy to drama as the suffering of the Kurds is made clear.
As I'd seen all of Farhadi's, I chose Ghobadi's 'Half Moon', released in 2006.
It's opening noise of a cock fight, crowded shouting people, the loudhailer and children playing music and singing at the topic of their voices is, despite the poor birds, wonderful culture shock.
Their humour is different to ours in South Africa but easily accessible.
A busload of Kurd musicians in Iran go on a bus trip to Iraq to become the first Kurd band to perform post-Saddam Hussein. Their travel is fraught. It goes from comedy to dramedy to drama as the suffering of the Kurds is made clear.