The Other Lamb

(2020)

★ 5.7 IMDb · 243 votes

Genres: Horror, Drama, Thriller

Year: 2020

Runtime: 97 мин

Country: Belgium, Ireland

Director: Małgorzata Szumowska

Cast: Рэффи Кэссиди, Михил Хёйсман, Дениз Гог, Ив Коннолли, Kelly Campbell, Isabelle Connolly, Charlotte Moore, Zara Devlin, Ailbhe Cowley, Irene Kelleher

Plot

For her entire life, the cult she was born into has been all that teenage Selah has known. Along with a band of similarly cloistered young women she lives seemingly unstuck in time, cut off from modern society in a remote forest commune presided over by a man called Shepherd, a controlling, messiah-like figure with a frightening dark side. But when her insular world is rocked by a series of nightmarish visions and disturbing revelations, Selah begins to question everything about her existence—including her allegiance to the increasingly dangerous Shepherd.

Life with Shepherd is the only life Selah has ever known. Their self-sufficient community possesses no modern technology, and is hidden away in the woods, far from modern civilization. He is the group's guardian, teacher, and lover. Each of the many female members of the group is either his wife or daughter. Selah is pure in faith, but also dangerously headstrong. She was raised as a daughter of Shepherd, but it is only a matter of time before she also stands to become a wife. As an encounter with the authorities forces the women and Shepherd to build a new Eden further inland, Selah increasingly doubts her faith, and has strange, bloody visions. The onset of puberty brings with it harsh new rituals, and her first shocking glimpse of what happens to Shepherd's women as they age.