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Shepherds and Butchers

Name: Shepherds and Butchers
Director: Oliver Schmitz
Genre: Drama
Released: 2017-05-12
Cast: Steve Coogan, Andrea Riseborough, Garion Dowds, Marcel Van Heerden, Deon Lotz

Drama

A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.

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Cast

Steve CooganAndrea RiseboroughGarion DowdsMarcel Van HeerdenDeon LotzEduan van JaarsveldtLauren SteynRobert HobbsInge BeckmannBrett WilliamsCarel NelDe Klerk Oelofse

Director

Oliver Schmitz

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