Both films depict how a narrow-minded community ostracizes one of its members. In A Stray Goat, a girl is bullied and suffers because her father is an accussed murderer. In No Doubt, an ex-convict is wrongfully suspected of a crime involving a missing girl; both he and his family are shunned by society.
Both films show an ex-con who can't catch a break. Even though they have reformed and are trying to get on with their lives, they are haunted by their past crimes. They seek forgiveness, but it always seems to elude them. Society treats them horribly no matter how much they repent, and they are continuously ostracized. These films also beg the question: do these ex-cons deserve such treatment? At what point do the 'good' people become bad from their unwillingness to forgive?