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?

• DirectorAsif Kapadia
• Release16 May 1997
• GenreDrama
• Duration0h 24m
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  5.1
  11 reviews
• Productions

  Channel 4 Television, Polaris Arts, Royal College of Art