The Gravedigger’s Wife
Title The Gravedigger's Wife
Finnish Title Guled & Nasra
Written and Directed by Khadar Ayderus Ahmed
Length 83min
Genre Drama
Production Year 2021
Production countries Finland, France, Germany
Starring Omar Abdi, Yasmin Warsame, Kadar Abdoul-Aziz Ibrahim
Director of Photography Arttu Peltomaa
Production Design Antti Nikkinen
Costume Design Anu Gould
Make-up Design Nadine Otsobogo Boucher
Editing Sebastian Thümler, BFS
Sound Design Karri Niinivaara
Composer Andre Matthias
Producers Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff, Risto Nikkilä, Thanassis Karathanos, Martin Hampel, Stéphane Parthenay, Robin Boespflug-Vonier
Production Company Bufo
Co-Production Companies Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion, Pyramide Productions
Guled and Nasra are a loving couple, living on the outskirts of Djibouti city with their teenage son Mahad. However they are facing difficult times: Nasra urgently needs an expensive operation to treat chronic kidney disease. Guled is already working hard as a gravedigger to make ends meet: how will they find the money to save Nasra and can they keep the family together?
World premiere at Cannes Critics’ Week on July 7th 2021.
