A gun-trained female trio resist robbers bent on stealing their home in this Pakistan drama that pays homage to Hollywood and south-Asian film-making
Related: 'Anything is possible in Pakistan – but everything is impossible': Sarmad Masud on filming My Pure Land
Directed by British-based Sarmad Masud and shot on location in Pakistan, this modern-day masala western finds a two feisty young teenage girls and their mother fighting off a bandit army, led by the girls’ uncle, determined to take the women’s home by force. Via a clean blend of arthouse mannerisms and action-movie suspense, this based-on-a-true-story lesson in practical feminism reveals how the sisters learned shooting and self-defence in preparation for a day like this from their ill-fated father (Syed Tanveer Hussain). (Opening titles explain that land disputes such as this are relatively common in Pakistan and often victimise single women who have inherited property.) Lithe but steely-gazed Suhaee Abro...
Related: 'Anything is possible in Pakistan – but everything is impossible': Sarmad Masud on filming My Pure Land
Directed by British-based Sarmad Masud and shot on location in Pakistan, this modern-day masala western finds a two feisty young teenage girls and their mother fighting off a bandit army, led by the girls’ uncle, determined to take the women’s home by force. Via a clean blend of arthouse mannerisms and action-movie suspense, this based-on-a-true-story lesson in practical feminism reveals how the sisters learned shooting and self-defence in preparation for a day like this from their ill-fated father (Syed Tanveer Hussain). (Opening titles explain that land disputes such as this are relatively common in Pakistan and often victimise single women who have inherited property.) Lithe but steely-gazed Suhaee Abro...
- 9/15/2017
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
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