''Wolf and Sheep'' is a 2016 Danish-Afghan

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directed by Shahrbanoo Sadat. It was screened in the

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section at the

2016 Cannes Film Festival The 69th Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 May 2016. Australian director George Miller was the President of the Jury for the main competition. French actor Laurent Lafitte was the host for the opening and closing ceremonies. On 15 Marc ...

where it won the Art Cinema Award. It is the first installment in a planned

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based on the unpublished diaries of Anwar Hashimi. Its sequel, '' The Orphanage'', came out in 2019.

Reception

On review aggregator website

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, ''Wolf and Sheep'' has an approval rating of 100% based on 5 reviews, with an average rating of 8.50/10.

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* * 2016 films 2016 drama films Danish drama films Dari-language films Afghan drama films {{Afghanistan-film-stub