The Exam
Rojin is a young Kurdish woman about to take the university entrance exam. Rojin's unhappily married older sister Shilan decides to help her pass at any cost, hoping to give her a more emancipated life. Thus, the sisters inevitably become entangled in a huge network of corruption that connects all parts of society.
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Cast
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Avan Jamal
Shilan
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Vania Salar
Rojin
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Hussein Hassan Ali
Sardar
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Jamal
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Hushyar Nerwayi
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Nigar Osman
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Shamal
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Adil Abdulrahman
Karim
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My Sweet Pepper Land
Hama Rashid Haras
Aziz (Rojin's Father)
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Yana Twana
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Didar Bakir
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Zarya Sami
Fayeq
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1988
Shawkat Amin Korki Director · Mohamedreza Gohari Writer Mahmud Berazi Composer
First release August 25, 2021 · Produced in Germany, Iraq, Qatar · Production Masti Films, DFI
Production
mîtosfilm
Production
Masti Films
Production
DFI
Production
Germany · Iraq · Qatar
Produced in
Languages
Original title
ئەزموون
Original language
Kurdish
Spoken on screen
Kurdish
Release dates
Czechia · August 25, 2021
Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Albania
September 28, 2021 · Premiere · (Tirana International Film Festival)
Australia
August 6, 2022 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
China
August 14, 2022 · Premiere · Beijing International Film Festival
India
November 20, 2021 · Premiere · IFFI 52
Netherlands
November 1, 2021 · Premiere · (Leiden International Film Festival)
South Korea
October 7, 2021 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
Taiwan
November 20, 2021 · Premiere · (Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival)
April 1, 2022 · Premiere
United Kingdom
November 12, 2022 · Premiere · Qisah International Film Festival
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