''My Sweet Pepper Land'' is a 2013 Kurdish-language internationally co-produced
drama film directed by
Huner Saleem. It was screened in the
Un Certain Regard section at the
2013 Cannes Film Festival
The 66th Cannes Film Festival took place in Cannes, France, from 15 to 26 May 2013. Steven Spielberg was the head of the jury for the main competition. New Zealand film director Jane Campion was the head of the jury for the Cinéfondation and S ...
.
It was nominated in the 7th annual
Asia Pacific Screen Awards for
Achievement in Directing for
Huner Saleem and
Best Performance by an Actress for
Golshifteh Farahani.
Plot
In a remote village in
Iraqi Kurdistan lives the Kurdish patriot Baran who since recently serves as a policeman. He cannot help but provoke the local villain Aziz Aga and finds himself supported by an attractive lady named Govend who works as a teacher.
Cast
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Korkmaz Arslan as Baran (as Korkmaz Arslan)
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Golshifteh Farahani as Govend
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Suat Usta
Suat Usta (born 3 August 1981) is a former footballer. who played as a centre back. Born in the Netherlands, he represented Turkey at youth international levels.
Career
Formerly, he played for FC Eindhoven, MVV Maastricht, Galatasaray, Antalyas ...
as Reber
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Mir Murad Bedirxan as Tajdin
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Feyyaz Duman
Feyyaz Duman (born 15 June 1982) is a Turkish actor of Kurdish descent. Duman was born in 1982 in Mardin. He is a graduate of Istanbul Technical University State Conservatory with a degree in folk dance studies. He then moved to New York to take a ...
as Jaffar Mohammed Emin
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Tarik Akreyî as Aziz Ağa
References
External links
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2013 films
2013 drama films
French drama films
German drama films
Kurdish-language films
Zazaki-language films
2010s French films
2010s German films
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