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.