Sheep Without a Shepherd

2019 1h 52m ZH

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7.6

BANGER

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100%

CERTIFIED FRESH

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METACRITIC

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6.8

IMDB

★7.6TMDB · 114🍅100%Rotten Tomatoes●73Metacritic★6.8IMDB · 2,286

CrimeMysteryThriller

Synopsis

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Li and his wife A Yu run a small business in Thailand and enjoy a happy home life with their two daughters. When their eldest daughter is violently assaulted, blackmailed and left traumatised by another student, her parents intervene, leading to a dead body which needs to be hidden, and every trace of the boy buried to cover up the accident.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Xiao Yang
Li Weijie
Tan Zhuo
A Yu
Joan Chen
La Wen
Keung Ho-man
Du Peng
Paul Chun Pui
Song En
Bian Tianyang
Su Cha
Audrey Hui
Ping Ping
Ye Liu
Ah Bin

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sam Quah
Writers: Yang Weiwei, Jeethu Joseph
Languages: Thai, Mandarin
Countries: China

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ERA

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Released 7 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Thai, Mandarin.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Manslaughter Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Sam Quah, shot by Zhang Ying. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Tang Hongjia shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Xiao Yang and Tan Zhuo and Joan Chen carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt11210032 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Sam Quah directs. Zhang Ying behind the camera. Tang Hongjia cuts. Produced in China. Dialogue in Thai, Mandarin.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 7 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Thai, Mandarin.
3Part of the "Manslaughter Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Sam Quah, shot by Zhang Ying. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Tang Hongjia shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Xiao Yang and Tan Zhuo and Joan Chen carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt11210032 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "solidarity", "thailand", "attempted rape", "based on movie".