Ephraim er ungur Eþíópískur drengur sem býr með föður sínum og litlu lambi. Ephraim og lambið hans ferðast langa vegalengd til fjarskyldra ættingja þar sem hann stendur sig vel í landbúnaðarstörfum en hann á sér einnig einn dulinn hæfileika, hann er nefnilega góður kokkur! Einn daginn kemur frændi hans að máli við hann og segir honum að hann þurfi að fórna lambinu í trúarlegri athöfn sem er á döfinni – en ungi drengurinn vill leggja allt í sölurnar til þess að bjarga lambinu og til þess að snúa aftur heim.

English

Ephraim is a young Ethiopian boy. His father leaves him and his sheep, from which he is inseparable, to be looked after by distant relatives, far from his drought-ridden homeland. Ephraim isn’t very good at farming, but he has a hidden talent: he is an excellent cook. One day, his uncle tells him that they have to sacrifice his sheep for the next religious feast. The young boy, however, is ready to do anything to save his only friend and return home.

It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and was the first Ethiopian film to be included in the Official Selection, and it was also nominated for the Golden Camera award during Cannes. The film won best foreign film on Key West Film Festival 2016 and the special Jury Prize at Denver International Film Festival.