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The Gravedigger's Wife

2021 · 83 min

A quiet, tender and quietly devastating portrait of love under pressure, steeped in everyday struggle and small acts of devotion.

Directed by
Khadar Ayderus Ahmed
Genres
Drama
Starring
Omar Abdi, Yasmin Warsame, Kadar Adboul-Aziz Ibrahim
Tagline
The deeper the love, the greater the sacrifices.
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Khadar Ayderus Ahmed
Genres
Drama
Starring
Omar Abdi, Yasmin Warsame, Kadar Adboul-Aziz Ibrahim
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • family
  • survival
  • grief
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Khadar Ayderus Ahmed
Written by
Khadar Ayderus Ahmed
Starring
Omar Abdi, Yasmin Warsame, Kadar Adboul-Aziz Ibrahim, Samaleh Ali Obsieh, Hamdi Ahmed Omar, Sermaan Abdoulkader Omar, Awa Ali Nour, Amina Ayanleh Omar
Music
Andre Matthias
Cinematography
Arttu Peltomaa
Runtime
83 min
Country
Finland, France, Germany
Languages
Somali

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