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?
Middle-aged Guled, a kindhearted gravedigger living with his family in the outskirts of Djibouti city, is working hard to make ends meet. His 13-year old son Mahad spends more time on the streets with homeless children than at home, and his beloved wife Nasra suffers from a chronic kidney disease and desperately needs an operation. Otherwise, she will not survive. In order to fund Nasra's operation, Guled should quickly be able to collect as much money as a gravedigger normally earns in a year. But how far Guled and Mahad are willing to go in order to save Nasra's life? The Gravedigger is the story of a family that, in times of misfortune, have to push themselves to the limits in order to find enough strength to be able to reunite.
THE GRAVEDIGGER'S WIFE is a family story about finding strength, sustaining love and force in the most difficult times. It's about loving under impossible conditions, pushing beyond your limits, risking your own life in order to do what you believe in when nobody else does.
a film by Khadar Ayderus AHMED
starring Omar Abdi, Yasmin Warsame, Kadar Abdoul-Aziz Ibrahim
FINLAND / GERMANY / FRANCE 2021, feature narrative, 1h22, in SOMALI
Somalian Title: "Zawjat Haffar Al-Qobour" Original Title (English): "The Gravedigger's Wife" French Title: "La Femme du fossoyeur" Working Title: "The Gravedigger" Othe tite : Guled & Nasra
Format: HD Color: color Sound: Dolby SRD Language: Somali
PRODUCERS Misha Jaari & Mark Lwoff Risto Nikkilä, Thanassis Karathanos & Martin Hampel, Stéphane Parthenay & Robin Boespflug-Vonier
DIRECTOR Khadar Ayderus Ahmed
SCREENPLAY Khadar Ayderus Ahmed
CINEMATOGRAPHY (DOP) Arttu Peltomaa
EDITOR Sebastian Thümler
SOUND (sound designer) Karri Niinivaara
SOUND MIXER / RECORDIST Tero Matikainen
MUSIC (Composer) Andre Matthias
PRODUCTION DESIGN Antti Nikkinen
COSTUM Anu Gould
MAKE-UP Nadine Otsobogo-Boucher
HAIR Nadine Otsobogo-Boucher
PRODUCTION MANAGER: Kaisa Roover
1st AD: Iiris Juutilainen
1st AC: Petri Kiljunen
ACTORS / ACTRESSES: Omar ABDI................................ Guled Daud Yasmin WARSAME....................... Nasra Kadar Abdoul-Aziz IBRAHIM.......... Mahad Samaleh Ali OBSIEH...................... Ali Hamdi Ahmed Omar...................... Hassan Awa Ali Nour................................ Zahra (young Mother) Amina Ayanleh Omar.................... Nimco SERMAAN ABDOULKADER OMAR..... Fuad Mouhoubo Osman Eleyeh............... Anisa Fardouza Moussa Egueh................ Dr. Yahya Faiza Ibrahim Aden....................... Sacdiya Radiya Omar................................ Aisha Saharla Ahmed Moussein.............. Safiya Mahdi (Guled's mother) Mohamed Laurent Absieh.............. Gravedigger Mohamed Moussa Goumaneh... Gravedigger Kadir Said Khaireh................ Gravedigger Djama Ibrahim Osman................ Gravedigger Abdillahi Doualeh Robleh................ Gravedigger Saad Ahmed Robleh.................. Gravedigger
production - TWENTY TWENTY VISION FILMPRODUKTION GMBH (Deutschland) - BUFO OY (Finnland) - PYRAMIDE PRODUCTIONS (Frankreich)
Co-production with - ZDF/ARTE - YLE
supported by - FFHSH - Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein - Doha Film Institut - The Finnish Film Foundation /// www.ses.fi/catalogue/film/the-gravediggers-wife/ - WCF - World Cinema Fund Africa - AFAC - The Arab Fund for Culture - CNC - Cinema du Monde - Church Media Foundation
DISTRIBUTION (France): Orange studio / Urban Distribution
Contacts
PRODUCTION BUFO Misha Jaari Tel : +358 45 6740 272 misha(@)bufo.fi
REPRESENTATIVE IN CANNES BUFO Misha Jaari Tel : +358 45 6740 272 misha(@)bufo.fi
2022 | Festival du Film africain de Louxor (Luxor, Egypte) * Jury Award * FIPRESCI Prize - International Critics Prize: "A beautifully fresh breath of pure cinema". Jury: Rita Di Santo (UK), Veronika Zakonjšek (SI) and Fayza Hindawy (Egypt).
2022 | Oscars (Academy Awards, Los Angeles, USA) * Official entry of Somalia (First entry for ever)
2021 | 27th Fespaco | 16-23 October 2021 (Ouaga, Burkina) * Golden Stallion (Étalon d'or de Yennenga 2021) * Paulin Soumanou Vieyra Award by African Critics' (Prix Paulin Soumanou Vieyra de la Critique africaine) * Feature narratives Competition www.fespaco.org
2021 | Chicago International Film Festival (USA, 2021) * Selection: New directors competition * Selection: Black Perspectives
2021 | Filmfest Hamburg - Festival International de Hambourg (Germany, 2021) * Selection: Kaleidoskop
2021 | Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy (Finland, 2021) * Selection
2021 | TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival (Canada, 2021) * Winner: Amplify Voices Award (Special Mention) * Selection: Contemporary World Cinema https://tiff.net/events/the-gravediggers-wife
2021 : Cartage Film Festival - JCC 2021, 30 Oct - 06 Nov 2021. * Best Actor Award, to Omar Abdi
2021 | 60th Critics Week - Semaine de la Critique (Cannes Film Festival 2021) | From 7 to 15 July 2021 * WORLD PREMIERE * Competition Feature Film * Nominee: Caméra d'Or (Golden Camera) Khadar Ahmed * Nominee: Critics' Week Grand Prize (Khadar Ahmed) www.semainedelacritique.com/en/edition/2021/movie/the-gravediggers-wife
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In Zeiten des Unglücks müssen Guled und seine Familie an die Grenzen gehen, um die Kraft zu finden, ihre Familie wieder zu vereinen.
Guled, ein gutmütiger Totengräber mittleren Alters, der mit seiner Familie am Rande der Stadt Dschibuti lebt, arbeitet hart, um über die Runden zu kommen. Sein 13-jähriger Sohn Mahad verbringt mehr Zeit auf der Straße mit obdachlosen Kindern als zu Hause, und seine geliebte Frau Nasra leidet an einer chronischen Nierenerkrankung und braucht dringend eine Operation. Andernfalls wird sie nicht überleben. Um Nasras Operation zu finanzieren, muss Guled in kürzester Zeit so viel Geld auftreiben, wie ein Totengräber normalerweise in einem Jahr verdient. Doch wie weit sind Guled und Mahad bereit zu gehen, um Nasras Leben zu retten?
THE GRAVEDIGGER'S WIFE ist eine Familiengeschichte darüber, Stärke und Kraft in schwierigsten Zeiten zu finden, unter unmöglichen Bedingungen zu lieben, über seine Grenzen hinauszugehen und sein eigenes Leben zu riskieren um das zu tun, woran man glaubt, auch wenn niemand anderes es tut.
Ein film von Khadar AHMED
mit Omar Abdi, Yasmin Warsame, Kadar Abdoul-Aziz Ibrahim
Drama / Deutschland / Frankreich / Finnland, 2021, Spielfilm, 90 min., HD - Farbe - Dolby SRD, Sprache: Somali
SCHAUSPIELER/IN: Omar ABDI (Rolle: Guled Dau) Yasmin WARSAME (Rolle: Nasra) Kadar Abdoul-Aziz IBRAHIM (Rolle: Mahad) Samaleh Ali OBSIEH (Rolle: Ali) Hamdi Ahmed Omar (Rolle: Hassan) Awa Ali Nour (Rolle: Zahra, junge Mutter) Amina Ayanleh Omar (Rolle: Nimco) SERMAAN ABDOULKADER OMAR (Rolle: Fuad) Mouhoubo Osman Eleyeh................ Fardouza Moussa Egueh..................
supported by - FFHSH - Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein - Doha Film Institut - The Finnish Film Foundation - WCF - World Cinema Fund Africa - AFAC - The Arab Fund for Culture - CNC - Cinema du Monde - Church Media Foundation
* Goldener Hengst (Étalon d'or de Yennenga 2021) //// 27. Fespaco | 16.-23. Oktober 2021 (Ouaga, Burkina) * Paulin Soumanou Vieyra Preis (Afrikakritik) //// 27. Fespaco | 16.-23. Oktober 2021 (Ouaga, Burkina) * Weltpremiere //// Cannes | Semaine de la Critique | 07. - 15.07.2021
Khadar Ayderus Ahmedin ohjaama ja Cannesin elokuvajuhlilla maailmanensi-iltansa saava Guled & Nasra kertoo pienestä djiboutilaisesta perheestä äärimmäisten valintojen edessä.
Elokuvateattereissa kautta maan syksyllä 2021.
Pääosissa: Guled - Omar Abdi Nasra - Yasmin Warsame Mahad - Kadar Abdoul-Aziz Ibrahim
Elokuvan kansainvälinen nimi: "The Gravedigger's Wife" Elokuvan ranskalainen nimi: "La Femme du fossoyeur"
Käsikirjoitus ja ohjaus: Khadar Ayderus Ahmed
Kuvaus: Arttu Peltomaa Lavastussuunnittelu: Antti Nikkinen Pukusuunnittelu: Anu Gould Maskeeraussuunnittelu: Nadine Otsobogo Boucher Leikkaus: Sebastian Thümler, BFS Äänisuunnittelu: Karri Niinivaara Miksaus: Adrian Baumeister, Maxim Romasevic Sävellys: Andre Matthias
Tuottajat: Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff, Risto Nikkilä / Bufo Thanassis Karathanos, Martin Hampel / Twenty Twenty Vision Stéphane Parthenay, Robin Boespflug-Vonier / Pyramide Productions
Levitys Suomessa: B-Plan Distribution Levitys (Ranska) : Orange Distribution
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‘La mujer del enterrador', de Khadar Ahmed
Sinopsis: La vida cotidiana de un matrimonio residente en Yibuti se trastoca cuando les dan la noticia de que ella necesita urgentemente una costosa operación para remediar una enfermedad renal crónica.
Somalia, 2021 Duración: 82 min Dirección y Guion: Khadar Ahmed Fotografía: Arttu Peltomaa Música: Andre Matthias Montaje: Sebastian Thümler Reparto: Omar Abdi, Yasmin Warsame, Kadar Abdoul-Aziz Ibrahim, Samaleh Ali Obsieh, Hamdi Ahmed Omar, Awa Ali Nour, Amina Ayanleh Omar, Mouhoubo Osman Eleyeh, Fardouza Moussa Egueh, Faiza Ibrahim Aden
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