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 ...
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| Korkmaz Arslan | ... | Baran | |
| Golshifteh Farahani | ... | Govend | |
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Suat Usta | ... | Reber |
| Mir Murad Bedirxan | ... | Tajdin | |
| Feyyaz Duman | ... | Jaffar Mohammed Emin | |
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Tarik Akreyî | ... | Aziz Aga |
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Véronique Wüthrich | ... | Nîroj |
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Mizgin Gemo | ... | Zirek |
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Kamiran Betasi | ... | The Judge |
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Adil Abdolrahman | ... | The Commisionner (as Adil Abdulrahman) |
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Bahman Haci | ... | Sadu (as Bahman Haji) |
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Nezar Selami | ... | The Commisionner (as Nizar Salami) |
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Sivan Salim | ... | Govend's Father (as Shivan Salim) |
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Yilmaz Özdil | ... | The Hanged Man (as Yilmaz Ozdil) |
| Hiner Saleem | ... | The Photographer | |
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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. Written by Anonymous
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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.
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Lyrics by Camille Soubise and L. Lemaître
Music by Frédéric Doria
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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.
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La chanson des blés d'orLyrics by Camille Soubise and L. Lemaître
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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.