Afghan directress and Cannes Directors' Fortnight-winner Shahrbanoo Sadat's debut feature gives a rare view of Afghan rural life and mythology.
"Winner...
Afghan directress and Cannes Directors' Fortnight-winner Shahrbanoo Sadat's debut feature gives a rare view of Afghan rural life and mythology.
"Winner of the top prize at Cannes Director's Fortnight 2016, Wolf and Sheep is set in rural Afghanistan, where simple village life is enlivened with stories of mystery and imagination. Our view into this timeless community is through its children, who mimic the adults in their gossiping and lewd language. Boys and girls don't mix but, defying the rules, outsiders Qodrat (Qodratollah Qadiri) and Sediqa (Sediqa Rasuli) develop a beautiful friendship. Using a cast of non-actors, Sadat has created a unique view of Afghanistan replete with all the mundanities and difficulties of life, but also with myth and magic: tales are told of a wolf who walks on two legs, discarding its skin to emerge as a beautiful green fairy." (Sydney Film Festival)
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"Although more compelling on a visual level than a narrative one, the movie represents an enticing festival and niche event item, as well as a vision of Sadat's homeland that is far different from what the media normally depicts."
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Variety
Variety"Builds into an observant, quietly beguiling portrait of the rituals and traditions, tensions and rivalries in the community and gains a little extra spice in the sprinkling of magic realist notions that Sadat adds to the mixture."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"Wolf and Sheep is an absorbing ethnographic docu-drama hybrid, marbled with a curious vein of phantasmagoric storytelling."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterWolf and Sheep | Details
Award winner- Winner of the C.I.C.A.E. Award (Sadat), 2016 Cannes Film Festival
- Runtime
- 86
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- Denmark, France, Sweden, Afghanistan
