1998
Cannes Film Festival
2nd Prize Cinéfondation
The Sheep Thief
In Competition - Short films
Asif KAPADIA


A young boy gets caught stealing a sheep and is shaved of all his hair and branded with a mark on his forehead so that everyone will know that he is a thief and not to be trusted. Dumped in the desert, the thief covers his marking with a headscarf and goes to the nearest village where he is taken in by a trusting family in return for his work. However, has be actually changed or is he still the same thief at heart?
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1998
2nd Prize Cinéfondation
The Sheep Thief
In Competition - Short films
Asif KAPADIA
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