My Sweet Pepper Land Page #4

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 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.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Hiner Saleem
Production: Rohfilm
  5 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
Year:
2013
100 min
106 Views


I don't understand. You want

me to leave and you'll teach?

Yes.

- Me to leave, and you'll teach?

- Yes.

Come on, teach.

Come on, start.

I want to talk with Aziz Aga.

He's not here.

- I want to talk with Aziz Aga.

- What will you tell him?

I'll never leave the school!

Tell him that!

I'm staying! Tell him that.

Hello.

Alright.

Call again in a few minutes.

Thank you.

Govend!

- Good afternoon.

- Good afternoon.

A call for you.

Dad, what happened?

What are you talking about?

Who told you that?

- Reber, look.

- Do you think they're smugglers?

They are Aziz Aga's men.

Let's see what are they carrying.

There's a lot of them.

Let's go, it's our duty.

Stop! Stop!

Come on!

Stop!

What do you have?

- Nothing. Some soap and some sugar.

Medications or drugs?

We need those medications.

Are they expired?

I didn't notice.

I wasn't checking the date!

Take him away.

What do you want?

- A smoke, I dream of cigarettes.

Shut up and be quiet.

Open the door.

I want to smoke and go to the bathroom.

Cigarette or bathroom?

Cigarette.

Are you finished?

Stop!

Baran, why did you arrest him?

He doesn't have a file.

- He was selling expired medications.

- Do you have proof?

They're gone.

Reber and I are witnesses.

Your honor, he was selling

expired medications,

to the dying people.

You tortured him until he confessed.

He couldn't defend himself.

Jaffar Mohamed Emin, is that you?

Yes.

Are you accepting these

accusations?

No.

We have a family on the other

side of the border.

Sometimes we're exchanging food.

Do you have witnesses?

My lord, respectful Aziz Aga

is honestly testifying for his friend

Jaffar Mohamed Emin

for his honesty, good faith and

loyalty to his fatherland.

Jaffar Mohamed Emin, you're free.

Let him go!

That's a disgrace!

Not now, Jaffar.

Commander, may I say something?

You shouldn't have attack Aziz Aga.

For you information,

moral is sacred here.

What moral?

You can go, Reber.

You know they're dangerous?

Do you want me to stay?

No, thanks.

If your tribes ask you to kill me,

would you?

F*** off!

Hello.

Who?

This is the police.

Govend?

Who's looking for her?

Taqyaddin.

Zirek?

Zirek, is that you?

Who's there?

Zirek?

I heard a noise. Who's there?

Is that a school or...

Finish that sentence

and you're dead.

What do you want?

We saw the light, we came in and...

It's the way we expected.

- Shame on you.

- Go home, Tajdin.

I'm not afraid of you commander,

no one here is afraid of you.

Brother, I don't want to kill Kurds,

but you have to respect the

school and the teacher.

She's here because of your children.

She's here because of you.

Stop it!

Give us our weapons.

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Hiner Saleem

Huner Saleem, also transliterated as Huner Salim, is an Iraqi–Kurdish film director. He was born in the town of Aqrah in Iraqi Kurdistan. He left Iraq at the age of 17, and soon made his way to Italy, where he completed school and attended university. Later on, he moved to France where he lives now. more…

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