Lamb

Exquisitely constructed motion picture.

With some of the same impeccability of simple, but highly layered with meaning, storyline as the book "The Old Man and the Sea" by Hemingway, and to some similar degree the movie, "Lamb" carves, from an entirely different part of this planet, a focused seamless motion picture.

If they're making movies like this in Ethiopia, or by Ethiopians, please get us some more!!!

Its hard to explain but i won't forget it.

It not as quite entertaining as Au Hazard Balthazar. Completely differnt meaning, but unforgetable and similarly profound ending but more subtle.

I dont know how it releates to "The Old Man and the Sea" but that fact that another reviewer mention that is quite a attribute to the film. For me, the ending did it for me. It hard to watch some art films, some people just can't because there want instant gratification nowadays. But i alwasy get to the end if i see the hints that i should go into a trance, and absorb the film, and im alwasy grateful and remember it for life.

Music brings us all together.

Set in gorgeous green highlands of Ethiopia, the drama tells a story about loss, childhood, social isolation and family. A realistic in its depiction, but emotional in the delivery of its story, Lamb goes deep into its main character's position and psychology. The film is rich both in its visual setting and music and beautiful to look at.

I found Lamb to be delightful. Be willing to read subtitles, unless you speak Amharic. Enjoy the beautiful scenery of Ethiopia which was once a very dry land. I highly recommend watching Ethiopia Rising also which documents how God blessed the people of Ethiopia to make their agriculture viable and rich after the people kept cutting down trees.

A very cute story with beautiful landscape. Not so sad, not so energic but takes you in. A Heidi story in a very different atmosphere...