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, or determined to consume the women’s home by force. Via a clean blend of arthouse mannerisms and action-movie suspense,this based-on-a-trusty-chronicle 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 justify that land disputes such as this are relatively common in Pakistan and often victimise single women who possess inherited property.) Lithe (Flexible, graceful.) but steely-gazed Suhaee Abro impresses most as the eldest daughter, Nazo, and who develops a cool head and the heart of a lioness,unwilling to let conventional wisdom or simply long odds defeat her. Masud pays homage to the filmmaking traditions of the region and to the many classic Hollywood films about homesteads, saloons and police precincts under siege.
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Source: theguardian.com