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FEATURE FILM

'MY PURE LAND'
DIR: SARMAD MASUD 

PROD: BILL KENWRIGHT 
            
 
CAST: SUHAEE ABRO              

           TAYYAB IFZAL    

           RAZIA MALIK    

           AHSEN MURAD        

           SYED TANVEER HUSSAIN    

           MALIK ASLAM      

           EMAN FATIMA      

           SALMAN AHMED KHAN    

           ATIF AKHTAR BHATTI

 
SYNOPSIS
 
In rural Pakistan, a mother and her two daughters are forced to defend their family home from their uncle and his men. As the women fight to keep the men at bay, the film alternates through different timelines and we watch the events that have led to the siege unfold. When the women’s resistance leaves two of his men dead, their enraged uncle calls in a local ragtag militia - two hundred armed bandits. With only a handful of bullets left, eldest daughter Nazo refuses to give in.
 
The film is based on an extraordinary true story.
 

GENRE /  DRAMA  

YEAR / 2016

COUNTRY / PAKISTAN

LENGTH / 94 MINS

ASPECT RATIO / 2.35: 1

LANGUAGE / URDU

SOUND MIX / DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1

BUDGET / 

A taut and exciting feature debut by the UK’s Sarmad Masud

Wendy Ide @ Screen Daily

An important story beautifully told that highlights the inequality of Pakistan’s patriarchal society

Andrew Marshall @ Starburst

Sarmad Masud delivers an action-packed shoot-‘em-up that's also a deeply effecting drama

Michelle Devereaux @ The Skinny

My Pure Land is a glorious paean to the strength of female resistance

Laura Davis @ One Room With a View

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