THE GRAVEDIGGER'S WIFE
synopsis
Guled and Nasra are a loving couple, living in the outskirts of Djibouti city with their teenage son, Mahad. However, they are facing difficult times: Nasra urgently needs an expensive surgery to treat a chronic kidney disease. Guled is already working hard as a gravedigger to make ends meet: how can they find the money to save Nasra and keep the family together?
| international title: | The Gravedigger's Wife |
| original title: | The Gravedigger's Wife |
| country: | Finland, Germany, France, Somalia |
| sales agent: | Orange Studio |
| year: | 2021 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Khadar Ayderus Ahmed |
| film run: | 82' |
| screenplay: | Khadar Ayderus Ahmed |
| cast: | Omar Abdi, Yasmin Warsame, Kadar Abdoul-Aziz Ibrahim, Samaleh Ali Obsieh, Hamdi Ahmed Omar, Awa Ali Nour, Amina Ayanleh Omar |
| cinematography by: | Arttu Peltomaa |
| film editing: | Sebastian Thümler |
| art director: | Antti Nikkinen |
| costumes designer: | Anu Gould |
| music: | André Matthias |
| producer: | Robin Boespflug Vonier, Martin Hampel, Misha Jaari, Thanassis Karathanos, Mark Lwoff, Risto Nikkilä, Stéphane Parthenay |
| production: | Oy Bufo Ab, Twenty Twenty Vision, Pyramide Productions |
| backing: | Finnish Film Foundation |
| distributor: | Orange Studio |
