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.
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