The Fallen Lamb

Set against the rugged American landscape of the 1960s, Dennis is a reserved and solitary ranch hand hired for a summer of shepherding. Before he begins, he receives a peculiar and unsettling warning: trust nothing but the sheep. For the first month, he works in quiet isolation, until a stranger named Tod suddenly arrives, introducing himself as a passing hunter. Though Dennis remains deeply cautious, he finds himself increasingly captivated by the newcomer, caught in an uncomfortable tension between suspicion and an undeniable attraction. The fragile dynamic shifts when tragedy breaches his watch. A coyote slips past his defenses and kills one of the sheep, shattering his sense of security and leaving him grappling with emotions he cannot easily define. As the boundary between genuine connection and looming danger grows dangerously thin, Dennis faces a defining choice. He must decide whether to cling to his ingrained doubt or risk everything on the very thing he was explicitly warned never to trust.