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The Gravedigger's Wife

2021 1h 23m Drama List
96% Tomatometer 25 Reviews 100% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings
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? Read More Read Less
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Movingly depicting persistence in the face of health woes and economic hardship, The Gravedigger's Wife is a tender tribute to the power of family.

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Wendy Ide Observer (UK) A handsome, widescreen fable about family bonds and financial insecurity, this Somali-language film’s simplicity and economy is its power. Rated: 4/5 Oct 23, 2022 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian It’s a gentle, humorous film in Africa’s quietist cinema tradition with grace notes of irony and wit. Rated: 4/5 Oct 18, 2022 Full Review Guy Lodge Variety A moving, sometimes quietly biting study of a medically and financially troubled family in crisis. Nov 20, 2021 Full Review Daryl MacDonald InSession Film As he struggles in vain to make some small semblance of a difference to those he loves, Ahmed is asking us the question: are we really okay with this? Rated: B Apr 25, 2024 Full Review Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film There's a straightforwardness to the telling of this tale that adds to its accessibility. Rated: 3.5/5 Jul 20, 2022 Full Review Erick Estrada Cinegarage Opens a space to talk about universal health care. [Full review in Spanish] Jul 8, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jason R Surprisingly enjoyable https://uberscaryblog.blogspot.com/2023/09/get-me-glass-of-water-would-you.html Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis 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?
Director
Khadar Ahmed
Producer
Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff, Risto Nikkilä, Thanassis Karathanos, Martin Hampel, Stéphane Parthenay, Robin Boespflug-Vonier
Screenwriter
Khadar Ahmed
Production Co
ZDF/Das kleine Fernsehspiel, BUFO, Pyramide Productions, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Somali
Runtime
1h 23m
Aspect Ratio
Digital 2.39:1