
Considering the Ends
2020-04-17 · 65 min · ★ 7.7
In 2016, videos showing the slaughter conditions of farm animals shocked the public opinion, who quickly forgot about them. With complicit gaze, Elsa Maury films a young shepherd’s relationship of co-dependence with her flock of ewes, which she must learn to slaughter under the best possible conditions.
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- Elsa Maury
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- Centre Vidéo de Bruxelles
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- Belgium, France
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- Released
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