Alex Cardillo

Summer war games between the neighbourhood kids turn deadly serious when jealousy and betrayal enter the mix, in this alternately hilarious and horrifying black comedy that mixes equal parts Lord of the Flies and Roald Dahl. (tiff.net)

Jim Rayborn has been doing most of the work of father Clay's farm, yet couldn't convince him to switch from cattle to sheep. For Jim's mother's funeral sister Lisa returns from New York and learns her alleged fashion career was a lie. She forces Clay to adopt a sheepdog and becomes friendly with the Vet. The sheepdog proves to be talented but a forest fire leaves her a disabled hero.