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The Sheep Thief
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The Sheep Thief

1997-05-16 · 24 min · ★ 5.3

Drama

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?

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Directors
Asif Kapadia
Production companies
Channel 4 Television, Polaris Arts, Royal College of Art
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

Jigar BikhabhaZed
Soaib KarimbhaiYa Ya
Kokila MahendraSafia
Abdur RehmanTashan

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