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Directed by
  
Oliver Schmitz

Screenplay by
  
Brian Cox

Running time
  
80 minutes

Director
  
Oliver Schmitz

6.8/10
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Written by
  
Oliver Schmitz

Starring
  
Andrea Riseborough

Initial release
  
13 February 2016

Music director
  
Paul Hepker

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Release date
  
13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) (Berlin)

Story by
  
Chris Marnewick, Brian Cox

Awards
  
Golden Horn Award for Best Achievement in Directing in a Feature Film

Cast
  
Steve Coogan, Andrea Riseborough, Garion Dowds, Deon Lotz, Eduan van Jaarsveldt

Similar
  
Life Above All, Mapantsula, Hijack Stories, Who's Gonna Love Me, Junction 48

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Shepherds and Butchers is a 2016 South African drama film directed by Oliver Schmitz. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. It is an adaptation of the debut novel of the same name by Chris Marnewick, a New Zealand-based author and former South African High Court barrister and judge.

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Plot

During the height of apartheid in South Africa, a young white prison guard (Garion Dowds) embarks on a seemingly motiveless shooting spree that leaves seven black men dead. A British-born lawyer assigned to his case (Steve Coogan) sets out to prove his actions were a direct result of psychological trauma from his volatile work environment.

Cast

  • Garion Dowds as Leon Labuschagne
  • Andrea Riseborough as Kathleen Murray
  • Steve Coogan as Johan Webber
  • Robert Hobbs as Pierre De Villiers
  • Deon Lotz as Warrant Officer Rautenbach
  • Brett Williams as Tennis partner
  • Awards

    The film received third place in the Panoroma Audience Award at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.

    References

    Shepherds and Butchers Wikipedia