So What If the Goats Die | |
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Qu'importe si les bêtes meurent | |
Directed by | Sofia Alaoui |
Written by | Sofia Alaoui |
Produced by | Sofia Alaoui, Margaux Lorier |
Starring | Saïd Ouabi, Fouad Oughaou, Moha Oughaou |
Cinematography | Noé Bach |
Edited by | Héloïse Pelloquet |
Music by | Amine Bouhafa |
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Running time | 23 minutes |
Countries | Morocco, France |
Language | Berber |
So What If the Goats Die ( French: Qu'importe si les bêtes meurent), is a 2020 Moroccan short film directed by Sofia Alaoui. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] 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. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] In 2023, Alaoui released a feature film based on the short titled Animalia.
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. [4] [13] [14]