The Sheep Thief

Drama | 1997-05-16 | United Kingdom

5.1 / 10

24 min.

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?

Channel 4 Television

Polaris Arts

Royal College of Art