This tender and beautiful love story follows Guled, the gravedigger, who goes to the ends of the earth to save his beloved wife Nasra, who is in desperate need of an operation. He enlists his aimless son Mahad to help his ailing mother. The film covers the range of human resilience in the face of adversity, from family tensions to economic strains, and highlights the undying hope to live and thrive.
Winner of FESPACO’s 2021 Grand Prize for Best Film, this is the first Somali feature to be shown at CFAF.
In Somali with English subtitles.
- Year2021
- Runtime82 minutes
- LanguageSomali
- CountrySomalia, Djibouti
- DirectorKhadar Ayderus Ahmed
- ScreenwriterKhadar Ayderus Ahmed
- ProducerThanassis Karathanos, Stéphane Parthenay, Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari, Martin Hampel, Robin Boespflug-Vonier, Risto Nikkilä
- CastOmar Abdi, Yasmin Warsame, Kadar Adboul-Aziz Ibrahim
- CinematographerArttu Peltomaa
- EditorSebastian Thümler
- Production DesignAntti Nikkinen
- ComposerAndré Matthias
This tender and beautiful love story follows Guled, the gravedigger, who goes to the ends of the earth to save his beloved wife Nasra, who is in desperate need of an operation. He enlists his aimless son Mahad to help his ailing mother. The film covers the range of human resilience in the face of adversity, from family tensions to economic strains, and highlights the undying hope to live and thrive.
Winner of FESPACO’s 2021 Grand Prize for Best Film, this is the first Somali feature to be shown at CFAF.
In Somali with English subtitles.
- Year2021
- Runtime82 minutes
- LanguageSomali
- CountrySomalia, Djibouti
- DirectorKhadar Ayderus Ahmed
- ScreenwriterKhadar Ayderus Ahmed
- ProducerThanassis Karathanos, Stéphane Parthenay, Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari, Martin Hampel, Robin Boespflug-Vonier, Risto Nikkilä
- CastOmar Abdi, Yasmin Warsame, Kadar Adboul-Aziz Ibrahim
- CinematographerArttu Peltomaa
- EditorSebastian Thümler
- Production DesignAntti Nikkinen
- ComposerAndré Matthias