How can such an uncomfortable subject be turned into such an exquisite movie? The Singapore Film Festival is still on until next week-end and it is a shame I do not have more time to enjoy what’s on offer. Today’s choice ‘Dol – The Valley of Tambourines’ just took me by surprise. It explores the lives, culture and circumstances of the Kurdish people (post-Saddam) in that no man’s land that is at the crossroad of Turkey, Iran and Iraq. It is a good reminder of how people get attached to these hostile and barren lands. It reminded me of the tribal Khyber pass areas (encompassing Afghanistan and Pakistan regions) I had the opportunity to experience some years back. People who have been told to belong to a country they have nothing in common with.
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