So What If the Goats Die


So What If the Goats Die, is a 2020 Moroccan short film directed by Sofia Alaoui. It was screened at a number of international film festivals including the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, the Sundance Film Festival, and the Namur International Francophone Film Festival, winning multiple awards. In 2023, Alaoui released a feature film based on the short titled Animalia.

Synopsis

In the Atlas Mountains, Abdellah, a young shepherd, and his father are stuck in their sheepfold because of the snow. Their livestock are dying, and Abdellah has to get food from a village more than a day's walk away. With his mule, he arrives at the village and discovers that it is deserted because of a curious event.

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