An old shepherd dies for his flock. A boy picks up the staff. The sheep keep grazing.
The tribulations of a hardy shepherd and a young boy fighting local peasants in order to have the right to graze his sheep. The old man is killed by some enraged peasants but the young boy carries on his work and battle.
Cinematography
Bleak Slavonian landscapes that judge the characters.
Acting
Čejvan's silence speaks entire manifestos.
Director
Bakir Tanović
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Socialist Yugoslavia but banned for its 'pessimistic' view of rural class conflict. The regime wanted heroic workers, not doomed shepherds.
Adem Čejvan was actually a shepherd before acting. The sheep? His own. Method casting before it was cool.
YU
