Shepherds and Butchers 2016 Watch Free in HD

The movie follows a lawyer (Steve Coogan) as he sets out to prove a prison guard's murderings were a direct result of psychological trauma from the volatile work environment he took part in.

Genre:

Drama

Actors:

Andrea Riseborough, Steve Coogan, Garion Dowds, Robert Hobbs, Deon Lotz, Lauren Steyn, Marcel van Heerden, Matthew Dylan Roberts, Brett Williams, Sarah Potter, Eduan van Jaarsveldt, ...»

Director:

Oliver Schmitz

Country:

South Africa, United States, Germany

Release:

2016

IMDb:

6.8

Quality:

Duration:

106 min

Variety

Oliver Schmitz, one of South Africa's essential directors, delivers a mix of emotional acuity and overkill with this death penalty drama.

February 14, 2016

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Guardian

Shepherds and Butchers doesn't know which it is: the twisty legal drama that's going to herd us through the issue or the ferocious expose, laying out the quotidian grimness of systemic death.

February 14, 2016

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Hollywood Reporter

The film mostly preaches to the converted, even if it reveals with historical gravity how capital punishment was another way that apartheid severely discriminated against South Africa's black population.

February 14, 2016

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HeyUGuys

Missed the potential to be more of an emotionally rich experience.

February 17, 2016

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NOW Toronto

There's a powerful movie to be made about the range of lives destroyed by the apartheid system -- both Black and white -- but Shepherds And Butchers isn't it.

February 01, 2017

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Independent Online (South Africa)

Watching Shepherds and Butchers is a harrowing experience that would sway you if you don't already have any firm opinion about capital punishment.

October 28, 2016

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Toronto Star

The performances are solid, including Coogan and especially Garion Dowds as the laconic and mournful defendant. Director Oliver Schmitz gives the film a measured pace, stoking tension as the courtroom drama unfolds.

February 02, 2017

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