Title
Lamb / Ama Ampadu and Laurent Lavolé present a Slum Kid Films, Gloria Films, Heimatfilm production ; a film by Yared Zeleke ; written and directed by Yared Zeleke ; producer, Ama Ampadu, Laurent Lavolé, Johannes Rexin ; screenplay written with the collaboration of Géraldine Bajard.
Publication
Brooklyn, NY : Kimstim, Inc., [2016]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Medium
4 3/4 in. stamping
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2015.
Wide screen (16:9).
Includes trailer.
Director of photography, Josée Deshaies ; editor, Véronique Bruque ; music, Christophe Chassol.
Amharic dialogue with English subtitles.
Official selection, Un Certain Regard, Festival de Cannes.
Summary
The film tells the story of young Ephraim, a half-Jewish, Ethiopian boy who is sent by his father to live among distant relatives after his mother's death. Ephraim uses his cooking skills to carve out a place among his cousins, but when his uncle decides that his beloved sheep must be sacrificed for the next religious feast, he hatches a plan to save the animal and return home.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Added to Catalog
March 22, 2019
Credits
Director of photography, Josée Deshaies ; editor, Véronique Bruque ; music, Christophe Chassol.
Cast
Rediat Amare, Kidist Siyum, Welela Assefa, Surafel Teka, Rahel Teshome, Indris Mohamed.
System details note
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen.
Videorecording number
2119 KimStim
Genre/Form
Feature films - Ethiopia.
Foreign language films - Amharic.
Motion pictures - Ethiopia.
Foreign films - Ethiopia.
Motion pictures, Amharic.
Coming-of-age films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Coming-of-age films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.