MaryAnn’s quick take… Behold a modern-day feminist western set in deeply patriarchal Pakistan. Stark and spare, with a heroine full of mean grace, it’s even a true story. I’m “biast” (pro): I’m desperate for stories about women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Just today announced as Britain’s official submission for Best Foreign Language film for the upcoming Oscars, My Pure Land — it’s in Urdu, the official language of Pakistan — is a marvel all around. Shot guerilla-style in a rural region outside Lahore (and set in the province of Sindh), where heavily armed civilians make up their own private militias and outsiders are not generally welcomed except as potential kidnap victims to be ransomed — so, you know, potentially problematic for visiting filmmakers — this is a retelling of a true story about a woman who...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Just today announced as Britain’s official submission for Best Foreign Language film for the upcoming Oscars, My Pure Land — it’s in Urdu, the official language of Pakistan — is a marvel all around. Shot guerilla-style in a rural region outside Lahore (and set in the province of Sindh), where heavily armed civilians make up their own private militias and outsiders are not generally welcomed except as potential kidnap victims to be ransomed — so, you know, potentially problematic for visiting filmmakers — this is a retelling of a true story about a woman who...
- 9/14/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
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