review at it 3rd and final screening sat . sept 16 and 2006 at the varsity 3 cinema during the toronto international film festival . the film have world premier earlier during the fest on sept 9 at the isabel bader theatre . this road movie with touch of dark comedy be a pleasure to see and touch the heart many time . it be story of a kurdish mozart ( a imagine by the director a fictional living legend kurdish composer or musician with a whole orchestra of son and daughter ) and his struggle to get to a major music festival in iraqi kurdistan from irani kurdistan . it be fascinate and life affirming . even a the film have several moment of desperation and despair on the way the whole thing be lighten by touch like a comedic bus driver and various moment of interaction between the father and his sometimes reluctant or rebellious son and the resilience of a young woman name papooli ( butterfly ) who be bear with the name niwe mung ( half moon ) . director bahman ghobadi be an enthusiastic show up for the 3rd screening and give many interesting tidbit during his q and a such a info on the banning of female singing and musician in present day iran for the past 28 year and that his self censorship on the film do not help it to get past irani censor so that he may re cut the film for the late general international release now anyway ( restore more scene of female singing and playing ) and that the whole 7 month of seek for travel permit subplot in this film be a nod to the struggle he have to get his early turtle can fly film make . this film be 1 of 7 in tiff 2006 mozart a new crown hope series which be a sneak peek at the series before it screen at the vienna mozart year festival in december 2006. highly recommended and a worthy successor to the director previous film .