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So What If the Goats Die (2019)

So What If the Goats Die poster
Original title
Qu'importe si les bêtes meurent
Directed by
Sofia Alaoui
Genre
short film
Country
Morocco, France
Runtime
23 min
Rated
TP
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A shepherd in the remote Moroccan mountains tends to his goats as strange events begin to unfold around him. He must navigate an unsettling shift in his environment while trying to care for his animals.

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What happens

So What If the Goats Die (French: Qu'importe si les bêtes meurent), 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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