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The Sheep Thief (1997)

The Sheep Thief (1997)

Drama
Release Date: 1997, May 16
Directors: Asif Kapadia
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Channel 4 Television, Polaris Arts, Royal College of Art, Royal College of Art
Cast: Jigar Bikhabha, Soaib Karimbhai, Kokila Mahendra, Abdur Rehman

Overview:

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?