Written and directed by Emma Freeman, 'Lamb' was the 2002 winner of the world's largest short film festival, Tropfest. 'Lamb' explore many touching themes such as friendship and poverty. It will have you both smiling and tearing up during its seven minute duration.
This short film gives insight to the life of a young, blind boy living with his farmer father in the rural countryside of Australia during a devastating drought. His father is struggling to feed himself and his son as his crops won't grow on the dehydrated land and the only animal left on his farm is a small lamb who is the lonely boy's only friend. The boy finds solace in the lamb and everyday spends time running his hands through the lambs soft wool. What lengths will the father go to in order to ensure that him and his son survive in this devastating time of crisis?
The good points I found about this short film is that the score is very effective. The composer has done an excellent job in making scenes even more emotional with a very interesting soundtrack. The crescendo is very intense and you are always wondering what will happen next in the lives of the father and his son. The actors' performance's are excellent and the short film includes a lot of close-ups so the characters' emotions are even more visible to the viewers.
The only bad point i found about this short film is that some scenes are emotional and somewhat dramatic which makes them hard to watch especially for young audiences.
In conclusion, I rate this short film 'Lamb' a 9 star rating as it is emotional, explores a lot of touching themes, the acting is excellent and the score is very effective