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Director
  
Yared Zeleke

Country
  
EthiopiaFranceGermanyNorway

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Duration
  

Language
  
Amharic

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Release date
  
20 May 2015 (2015-05-20) (Cannes)30 September 2015 (2015-09-30) (France)

Writer
  
Yared Zeleke (screenplay), Yared Zeleke (story), Geraldine Bajard (collaboration)

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Lamb is a 2015 Ethiopian drama film directed by Yared Zeleke. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. It was the first Ethiopian film to be included in the Official Selection. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Ethiopian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.

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Plot

An Ethiopian boy whose mother recently died is placed by his father with relatives, together with a sheep. His host wants him to sacrifice his lamb for the upcoming religious feast, and the boy decides to travel with his sheep to a mountain top he can see in the distance.

Cast

  • Rediat Amare as Ephraïm
  • Kidist Siyum as Tsion
  • Welela Assefa as Emama
  • Surafel Teka as Solomon
  • Rahel Teshome as Azeb
  • Indris Mohamed as Abraham
  • Bitania Abraham as Mimi

    • Reception

    Marinell Haegelin wrote for kinoctics.com this film was "part poignant drama, part travelogue". The cast was praised as "endear(ing)".

    References

    Lamb (2015 Ethiopian film) Wikipedia
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    Lamb (2015 Ethiopian film) IMDb Lamb (2015 Ethiopian film) themoviedb.org