Wolf and Sheep (2016)

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.