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My Pure Land (2017)

My Pure Land poster
Directed by
Sarmad Masud
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman in rural Pakistan fights to protect her family's land from armed men who want to take it. The story follows her courage and resolve as she stands up against threats with the help of her mother and sister.

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What happens

My Pure Land is a 2017 Urdu-language British drama film directed by British Pakistani filmmaker Sarmad Masud. It was selected as the British entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. It was the first time the United Kingdom had submitted an Urdu-language film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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