Movie

Shepherds and Butchers

2017 · 106 min

A somber, slow-burning courtroom drama that weighs the psychological cost of state violence with quiet, mounting tension.

Tagline: Death belongs to God alone
Overview: A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Justice, trauma, guilt, death
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
Note: Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Add to a list: Shepherds and Butchers

In the USNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.

In your watch list

More like this

Like Shepherds and Butchers, but

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown

Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: justice
trauma
guilt
death
morality
Places: big city
prison
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none