My Sweet Pepper Land
(Drama, in Kurdish with English subtitles, 90 minutes). Written by
Hineer Saleem and Antoine Lacomblez; Directed by Hiner Saleem;
Starring Korkmaz Arslan, and Golshifteh Farahani.
After the end of
Saddam Hussein's regin, a war-hero named Baran tries to bring law and
order to a small town in the newly independent Kurdish region. Baran
befriends a schoolmistress named Govend (whose presence in the town
is as unwanted as his own) and together they stand up against greed
and corruption in an otherwise lawless territory. While the gap
between cowboy genre and Middle-Eastern culture might seem
unbridgeable, it's this exact fusion of influences that makes the
movie so spectacular. The untamed landscapes, the horseback chases,
the forbidden love – all of these elements are coupled with an
inspired soundtrack to make the most compelling Western I've seen in
ages. Rating: Five Stars.
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