The Sheep Thief (1997)
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?
- Date of release
- 1997-05-16
- TMDB
- 5.3 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 24m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Asif Kapadia
Casting
- Jigar Bikhabha — Zed
- Soaib Karimbhai — Ya Ya
- Kokila Mahendra — Safia
- Abdur Rehman — Tashan
Interesting facts
The Sheep Thief is a 1997 United Kingdom 16 mm short film by Asif Kapadia lasting 24 minutes, and is Kapadia's graduation film from the Royal College of Art.
Production
The story idea was itself based upon a bible story told by a teacher to Kapadia when he was seven years old about a thief who became a saint. Understanding his concept would not work as well if shot in the United Kingdom, he raised funds and traveled to Rajasthan, India where he worked with film students from the Indian Film School, in Pune and cast and shot with local talent.
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