This
movie was so unbelievably boring. There is no plot whatsoever. It is simply
observes the life of children in the tribal regions of Afghanistan. Is it a
documentary? Kind of. But despite the lack of plot it is scripted. It is kind
of a narrative, yet there is an anthropological aspect to the film that makes
it seem like a documentary at times even if it is not marketed that way. The
actors are not professional actors. I suspect the director told them what to
say, but then kind of let them improvise to make it seem more real. In the
Q&A, the director used the words "cinema verite" which sounds
awfully documentary-like, but she wasn't really committing to it. She explained that she wanted to go back to
her childhood and paint a picture of Afghanistan without war, because the West
has a hard time separating Afghanistan from terrorism and the wars it fought
there. Except in the end, it is determined that this cannot last as war finds
the protagonists. It was pleasantly
surprised that this movie from Afghanistan was directed by a woman, as we do
not think of working women in Afghanistan. There are also some pretty brutal
scenes in terms of gruesomeness. That part I woke up for. Wolf and Sheep won
the Directors' Fortnight, which is incredible because it was the worst movie I
saw in the Directors' Fortnight.
