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IRAQ ‘N’ ROLL ON BAND’S MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR

AFTER making the rounds of international festivals for more than a year, “Half Moon” is getting a welcome commercial run in New York.

The aging Kurdish musician Mamo (Ismail Ghaffari) and his many sons borrow a school bus for the trip from Iran to Iraqi Kurdistan to perform at a festival. It would be Mamo’s first appearance in his homeland in 35 years.

As in his previous films (“A Time for Drunken Horses” and “Turtles Can Fly”), Iranian-born director-writer Bahman Ghobadi mixes a metaphorical script with gorgeous visuals.

By terms moving and funny, the story reaches its apex when Half Moon, a beautiful young woman played by Golshifteh Farahani, makes her appearance from out of nowhere. Is she real, or perhaps an angel? You’ll have fun trying to come up with an answer.

HALF MOONRoad to Iraq.In Kurdish and Persian, with English subtitles. Running time: 107 minutes. Not rated (mature themes). At the Imaginasian, 59th Street between Second and Third avenues.

vam@nypost.com