The Sheep Thief (1997)

  • NR
  • 05/16/1997 (GB)
  • Drama
  • 24m

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?

Asif Kapadia

Director, Writer

Cast

Jigar Bikhabha's headshot

Jigar Bikhabha

Zed
Soaib Karimbhai's headshot

Soaib Karimbhai

Ya Ya
Kokila Mahendra's headshot

Kokila Mahendra

Safia
Abdur Rehman's headshot

Abdur Rehman

Tashan

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