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  1. May 30, 2014 · For all its embracing of the harsh realities of life on the ground, My Sweet Pepperland impressively never loses its sense of humour, its hankering for visual slapstick of a sort, and even its whimsical sense of the surreality with Baran’s love of “Elvis, Johann Sebastien Bach and Mozart” providing a jaunty soundtrack to a movie that by ...

  2. The western remains an adaptable genre, and in this previously unexplored context - the remote badlands of Kurdistan - it's looking pretty good.

  3. My Sweet Pepper Land review: Quietly surprising with plenty to savour This reworking of the western genre from Kurdistan is an off-beat comedy with a strong sense of menace and danger. By Philippa ...

  4. May 24, 2013 · Iraqi Kurdistan, a remote village. A new sheriff comes to town. It is probably a very unexpected setting for a traditional Western, but Hiner Saleem makes

  5. What's the Kurdish word for 'spaghetti?' "My Sweet Pepper Land" is a classic Spaghetti Western set in a remote corner of Iraqi Kurdistan. Upright stalwart hero, distressed damsel, band of lawless ruffians to be dispatched, and, as an interesting twist, a group of well armed feminist freedom fighters who don't like anybody very much.

  6. Aug 22, 2014 · Rating: 3.5 out of 5. Starring: Golshifteh Farahani, Korkmaz Arslan, Tarik Akreyi. Directed by: Hiner Saleem. Running time: 100 minutes. MONTREAL – Hiner Saleem has a sense of humour about his...

  7. Mar 27, 2014 · 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.