Wolf and Sheep
Afghanistan
Shahrbanoo Sadat
SYNOPSIS
WOLF AND SHEEP (or the story of an Afghan community)
In a Valley in Afghanistan, two villages share the mountains. Every day, shepherd children take sheep and goats, from the richer families, up to the mountains to graze. These days, the wolves have been seen and heard many times, so the children have to be very careful. Jawed, Yusof and Safdar are from one village. Sabzina, Nikbahkt, Nazok, Nazar, Qorban, Ashraf, Juma and Basira are from another village.
Basira is one of the shepherds, but she is an outsider, who is not friends with anyone, because people believe, that her grandmother has hurt an evil ghost and therefore the entire family is cursed. She has a problem with her sight and can’t see properly. But she doesn't know that. No one knows that. Basira is always left alone.
Yusof is the youngest, he is only 8 years old; but he is the best in hitting with sling. All the other boys admire him because of his sharp eyes. Yusof’s mother recently got married with an old man, who already has already 2 wives and uncountable children. The man doesn’t want Yusof and his brothers and sister, that’s why his mother send a letter to Yusof’s stepsister, who lives in the city to come and take care of them. First then, she would be able to move into her new husband’s house. The little shepherds can’t stop gossipping about Yusof’s mother’s love story and this bothers Yusof. After a fight with the shepherd boys he prefers to stay with Jawad his best friend. Jawad is interested in girls though, especially in Sabzina, so Yusof meets Basira. It looks like a new friendship, but then Yusof’s stepsister arrives and takes Yusuf and his brothers and sister overnight with her to the city! Yusof can’t even say goodbye to Basira.
WOLF AND SHEEP is about a community in a little village in Afghanistan and about it’s every day life. It is about, what is allowed to do and what isn’t, what is allowed to say and what isn’t. It is about the very small details, traditions, believes and values in the village. The audience discovers these through the 12-year-old shepherd Basira, who is an outsider and who can’t see properly.
WOLF AND SHEEP (or the story of an Afghan community)
In a Valley in Afghanistan, two villages share the mountains. Every day, shepherd children take sheep and goats, from the richer families, up to the mountains to graze. These days, the wolves have been seen and heard many times, so the children have to be very careful. Jawed, Yusof and Safdar are from one village. Sabzina, Nikbahkt, Nazok, Nazar, Qorban, Ashraf, Juma and Basira are from another village.
Basira is one of the shepherds, but she is an outsider, who is not friends with anyone, because people believe, that her grandmother has hurt an evil ghost and therefore the entire family is cursed. She has a problem with her sight and can’t see properly. But she doesn't know that. No one knows that. Basira is always left alone.
Yusof is the youngest, he is only 8 years old; but he is the best in hitting with sling. All the other boys admire him because of his sharp eyes. Yusof’s mother recently got married with an old man, who already has already 2 wives and uncountable children. The man doesn’t want Yusof and his brothers and sister, that’s why his mother send a letter to Yusof’s stepsister, who lives in the city to come and take care of them. First then, she would be able to move into her new husband’s house. The little shepherds can’t stop gossipping about Yusof’s mother’s love story and this bothers Yusof. After a fight with the shepherd boys he prefers to stay with Jawad his best friend. Jawad is interested in girls though, especially in Sabzina, so Yusof meets Basira. It looks like a new friendship, but then Yusof’s stepsister arrives and takes Yusuf and his brothers and sister overnight with her to the city! Yusof can’t even say goodbye to Basira.
WOLF AND SHEEP is about a community in a little village in Afghanistan and about it’s every day life. It is about, what is allowed to do and what isn’t, what is allowed to say and what isn’t. It is about the very small details, traditions, believes and values in the village. The audience discovers these through the 12-year-old shepherd Basira, who is an outsider and who can’t see properly.
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Festivals and Awards:
Cannes 2016, Quinzaine des réalisateurs
World Sales:
Alpha Violet