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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Wendy Ide

The Shepherd review – strayed too far beyond the festivals

The Shepherd
‘Honey-kissed dawn light’: The Shepherd.

A maladroit parable about the corrupting force of greed, this well-meaning but predictable low-budget feature pits a simple shepherd against the developers who want to build houses on his plot of scrubland. There are moments of striking beauty here – the swirling whirlpool of sheep, the honey-kissed dawn light – but the film will struggle to connect with audiences outside of its natural home on the festival circuit.

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