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Story
Images and scenery recall the Wild West, but the backdrop for this Kurdish Western is a provincial backwater in the no-man’s-land between Iran, Iraq and Turkey. Once upon a time, Baran was a fighter for Kurdish independence, now he is transferred to the area as police chief. He quickly comes into conflict with the corrupt tribal chief Aga Azzi and his gang, who smuggle alcohol and drugs. Baran meets the young teacher Govend, who lives as an unmarried woman outside the bounds of normal society. Baran and Govend form an alliance of two outsiders in the fight against a violent, patriarchal society. Screening on 29.09. in attendance of: Hiner Saleem (Director), Benny Drechsel (Producer), Korkmaz Arslan (Cast)
Director
Hiner Saleem (*1954) is a Kurd who has lived for many years in France. His work deals mainly with Kurdish themes, as did Vodka Lemon, his best-known film to date.Trailer
Info
My Sweet Pepper Land
Fiction Feature
Kurdish
Agenda 13 | FF2013
France, Germany, Iraq
2013
95 min
OV with English subtitles
Hiner Saleem
Hiner Saleem, Antoine Lacomblez
Golshifteh Farahani, Korkmaz Arslan, Suat Usta, Mir Murad Bedirxan, Fayyaz Doman, Tarik Akreyi
Marc Bordure, Robert Guédiguian, Benny Drechsel, Karsten Stöter
Pascal Auffray
Sophie Reine, Clémence Samson, Juliette Haubois
Pauline Batista, Ceylan Remezan
Rapid Eye Movies GmbH
Films Distribution
Agat Films, Rohfilm GmbH
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