My Sweet Pepper Land

20132013
1h 40min

Golshifteh Farahani and Korkmaz Arslan in My Sweet Pepper Land (2013)

After the fall of Saddam Hussein, Baran, a Kurdish independence war hero, resolves to accept a position in a godforsaken village at the borders of Iran and Turkey, an illegal trafficking Mecca.
There he meets Govend, a beautiful young woman who has come to work as the teacher in the newly-opened school despite her twelve brothers' hostility to the idea.

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Baran, a Kurdish independence war hero, is now sheriff in Erbil, the capital city. No longer feeling useful in this society now at peace, he thinks about quitting the police force, but inste... Read allBaran, a Kurdish independence war hero, is now sheriff in Erbil, the capital city. No longer feeling useful in this society now at peace, he thinks about quitting the police force, but instead agrees to be stationed in a small valley, at the very borders of Iran, Turkey, and Iraq... Read allBaran, a Kurdish independence war hero, is now sheriff in Erbil, the capital city. No longer feeling useful in this society now at peace, he thinks about quitting the police force, but instead agrees to be stationed in a small valley, at the very borders of Iran, Turkey, and Iraq. It is a lawless territory, right at the heart of illegal drug, medication and alcohol tr... Read all

Director
- Hiner Saleem
Writers
- Hiner Saleem(scenario & dialogue)
- Antoine Lacomblez(collaboration)
Stars

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Awards
- 5 wins & 5 nominations

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My Sweet Pepper Land (2013)

Korkmaz Arslan in My Sweet Pepper Land (2013)

Golshifteh Farahani and Korkmaz Arslan in My Sweet Pepper Land (2013)

Golshifteh Farahani in My Sweet Pepper Land (2013)

Feyyaz Duman and Mir Murad Bedirxan in My Sweet Pepper Land (2013)

My Sweet Pepper Land (2013)

Golshifteh Farahani and Korkmaz Arslan in My Sweet Pepper Land (2013)

Golshifteh Farahani in My Sweet Pepper Land (2013)

Director
- Hiner Saleem
Writers
- Hiner Saleem(scenario & dialogue)
- Antoine Lacomblez(collaboration)
All cast & crew
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Baran, a Kurdish independence war hero, is now sheriff in Erbil, the capital city. No longer feeling useful in this society now at peace, he thinks about quitting the police force, but instead agrees to be stationed in a small valley, at the very borders of Iran, Turkey, and Iraq. It is a lawless territory, right at the heart of illegal drug, medication and alcohol trafficking. Having arrived in the small village, he refuses to bow down to Aga Azzi, the seriously corrupt tribal chief and absolute ruler of the area. Baran meets Govend, the village school teacher, who is also rejected by the villagers. Like Baran, she represents another law, that of the young and autonomous Kurdish state. Govend is all the more vulnerable as she is not a married woman. —Anonymous

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Taglines
- A Kurdish western!
Genre
- Drama
Parents guide

Trivia
Award : Prix de la Jeunesse au Festival du Film Romantique de Cabourg 2013.

Goofs
All entries contain spoilers

Quotes
Baran: You're too brave to accept this.
Govend: No one wanted this village. And the children here, they needed education. I like it here. I like the children.
Baran: No one forced you.
Govend: No. I always wanted to study till I was 26. And now, I feel too old for here.
Baran: How old are you?
Govend: 28. But I got one thing. If you're not married at this age, people think there's something wrong with you.

Soundtracks
La chanson des blés d'or
Lyrics by Camille Soubise and L. Lemaître
Music by Frédéric Doria
(1882)

Top review

6/10

Spaghetti in Iraq

What's the Kurdish word for 'spaghetti?' "My Sweet Pepper Land" is a classic Spaghetti Western set in a remote corner of Iraqi Kurdistan. Upright stalwart hero, distressed damsel, band of lawless ruffians to be dispatched, and, as an interesting twist, a group of well armed feminist freedom fighters who don't like anybody very much. It's a culturally interesting story, flawed by several gratuitous episodes of cruelty to animals being passed off as entertainment-- kind of wrecked the film for us. The high point was the female lead, Golshifteh Farhani (as Govend) playing a melodious Kurdish-6 pan drum. Along with the other music, that made for a much better than average soundtrack.

Although classed as a Comedy (it has its moments) at the 2014 Palm Springs International Film Festival, it isn't.

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5

HedgehoginPS
Jan 13, 2014

Budget
- €2,600,000 (estimated)
Gross worldwide
- $324,440

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Runtime
- 1h 40min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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