LAMB
Yared Zeleke

O.V. Amharic

Ephraim is nine. Somewhere in the middle of Ethiopia’s volcanic lands, he spends time with his ewe, Chuni, who has become Ephraim’s inseparable companion since the death of his mother during the great famine the previous year. The drought is still a threat, so his father decides to go to the city to look for work and send Ephraim to live with an uncle in a greener part of the country. While the uncle wants to follow tradition and turn the boy into a man, the boy prefers the company of women...