Killer of Sheep

(1978)

★ 6.6 IMDb · 149 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1978

Runtime: 80 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Charles Burnett

Cast: Генри Дж. Сандерс, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy, Angela Burnett, Eugene Cherry, Jack Drummond

Plot

An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.

Stan works in drudgery at a slaughterhouse. His personal life is drab. Dissatisfaction and ennui keep him unresponsive to the needs of his adoring wife, and he must struggle against influences which would dishonor and endanger him and his family.