Of Sheep and Men

Name: Of Sheep and Men
Director: Karim Sayad
Released: 2017

Karim Sayad 2017

Sixteen-year-old Habib dreams of training his prized sheep to become a fighting champion and middle-aged Samir just wants to sell enough sheep before Eid to make ends meet, in this emotive profile of two men in a troubled Algerian community.

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Running Time:

78 min.

Spoken Languages:

Arabic

Subtitles:

English

Directors:

Karim Sayad

Producers:

Joelle Bertossa

Cinematographers:

Patrik Tresch

Editors:

Naima Bachiri

Production Companies:

Close Up Films, Co-Production: Norte Productions

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Senior Citizenship

Youth

Festival Participation

TIFF - 2017
RIDM - 2017
El Gouna - 2017
Solothurner Filmtage - 2017
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