Directed by Malgorzata Szumowska
Written by C.S. McMullen
Starring Michiel Huisman, Raffey Cassidy, Denise Gough and Eve Connolly
MPAA Rating: R for violence, nudity and disturbing sexual situations
Running time: 1 hour and 37 minutes

by Audrey Callerstrom

The titular object of The Other Lamb is a gruesome sight. The film is about a cult of “Daughters” and “Wives” led by a man referred to as Shepherd (Michiel Huisman, Daaro Naharis on “Game of Thrones”). Selah (Raffey Cassidy) is a Daughter whose mother, a Wife, died during childbirth. The Daughters wear rich blue jackets and dresses; the Wives wear red. The cult owns a herd of sheep which they breed for meat and presumably milk. Selah is tasked with watching over the birth of a lamb. High on an isolated hill, far away from the rest of cult, Selah falls asleep. She wakes to find the lamb covered in blood, skin pulled from its bones and on the edge of death. Its eyes are black and empty. It looks like it should still be inside the womb, growing and developing. Wild dogs killed the lamb while Selah slept.