Shepherds and Butchers

2016
R
1h 42m

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6.8/10

3.2K

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Steve Coogan and Andrea Riseborough in Shepherds and Butchers (2016)

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True Crime Crime Drama Mystery

A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

3.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 12 nominations total

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Trivia
Garion Dowds attended Reddam House school in Bedfordview, South Africa, where his mother teaches Drama.

Goofs
During the shooting scene, 13 shots are fired. At the reenactment, in flashback, Leon fires 10 rounds.

Quotes
[first lines]
Pierre De Villiers: [coming to see the crime scene] "Magazine hill", they call this place. Dead end.
Johan Webber: Mmm. Why would Labuschagne and the other men in the minibus have come up here?
Pierre De Villiers: He claims he can't remember any of it. So, Leon's bakkie was parked here. He left the keys in the ignition, then he ran that way. The minibus taxi belonging to the football team was... Came to rest here. Point-blank range. The gun they found was registered in Leon's name. He dragged the bodies over there, then he lined them up.

Soundtracks
Angels
Written by Barry Gibb, Steve Gibb and Ashley Gibb
Performed by Vusi Mahlasela and Barry Gibb

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Featured review

10/10

Uncomfortable, Unpleasantly Unmissable

This is a difficult film to watch. What initially appears to be just another horror of the nasty apartheid regime in South Africa blossoms swiftly into a deeper disturbing insight of its unwitting agents.

Challenging and moving account probing the depths of human depravity.

Steve Coogan is majestic - seriously understated film. Waiting for the end is no problem but what an ending. ..!!