Initial release: March 19th, 2014 Director: Huner Saleem Running time: 1h35 min Kurdish, Arabic, Turkish with English subtitles
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ENGLISH SYNOPSIS
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.
FRENCH SYNOPSIS
Au carrefour de l’Iran, l’Irak et la Turquie, dans un village perdu, lieu de tous les trafics, Baran, officier de police fraîchement débarqué, va tenter de faire respecter la loi. Cet ancien combattant de l’indépendance kurde doit désormais lutter contre Aziz Aga, caïd local. Il fait la rencontre de Govend, l’institutrice du village, jeune femme aussi belle qu’insoumise…
Official Selection Un Certain Regard at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival
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