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Completed - KURDISH - Drama - 90 minutes

Year of production : 2013

Director(s) : Hiner SALEEM
Writer(s) : Hiner SALEEM, Antoine LACOMBLEZ
Cast : Korkmaz ARSLAN, Golshifteh FARAHANI, Suat USTA

Producer(s) : Marc BORDURE (AGAT FILM & CIE), Robert GUEDIGUIAN (AGAT FILM & CIE)

Synopsis

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 Irak. 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. Together, Govend and Baran will defy Aga Azzi's power, and help the Turkish Kurd resistance movement.

Production

Country(ies) : FRANCE, GERMANY

ARGENTINA CDI FILMS
AUSTRALIA SHARMILL FILMS
BELGIUM Jul 30, 2014 IMAGINE FILM DI
CANADA FUNFILM DISTRIB
DENMARK Apr 10, 2014 OST FOR PARADIS
POLAND VIVARTO
SWEDEN GÖTEBORG FILM F
SWITZERLAN Apr 09, 2014 AGORA FILMS

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Festivals and Awards

Festival de Cannes 2013 Un Certain Regard


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