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The Gravedigger’s Wife

  • The Grave Digger / Le Fossoyeur (Working title)
All titles (5)
Independent Feature Film | 2019-2020 | Drama, Love | Finland, France, Germany

Brief synopsis

Middle-aged Guled, a struggling gravedigger living in the slums of Djibouti city, is working hard to make ends meet. His beloved wife Nasra, who suffers from a chronic kidney disease, desperately needs a transplant. Otherwise she will die. An appropriate donor is found, but it’s not the end of the struggle – in order to buy the kidney, Guled should be able to collect in only two weeks as much money as a gravedigger normally earns in a year…
(https://www.orange-studio.fr/en/film/the-gravedigger/)

Cast

ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Omar Ahmed AbdiGuled Daud [L]
Yasmin WarsameNasra [L]
Kadar Abdoul-Aziz IbrahimAbdoul-Aziz Ibrahim [L]
Samaleh Ali ObsiehAli [SR]
Hamdi Ahmed OmarHassan [SR]
Awa Ali NourZahra (young mother) [SR]
Amina Ayanleh OmarNimco [SR]
Fouad MansourFouad [SR]

Crew

ActivityNameComment
Director of photographyArttu Peltomaa
DirectorKhadar Ayderus Ahmed
EditorSebastian Thümler
Premiere Cannes 2021
Premiere Cannes 2021
ComposerAndre Matthias
ProducerRisto Nikkilä
ProducerMark Lwoff
ProducerMisha Jaari
Bufo
Bufo
Co-producerStéphane Parthenay
Pyramide Productions
Pyramide Productions
Co-producerThanassis Karathanos
Twenty Twenty Vision
Twenty Twenty Vision
Production designerAntti Nikkinen
ScreenwriterKhadar Ayderus Ahmed
Production sound mixerKarri Niinivaara
Sound re-recording mixerMaxim Romasevich
Sound re-recording mixerAdrian Baumeister

Production companies

CompanyComment
Bufo AB [fi]
Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion GmbH [de]
coproduction
coproduction
Pyramide Films [fr]
coproduction
coproduction

Distribution / Sales companies

CompanyComment
Orange Studio [fr]
International Sales
International Sales
B-Plan Distribution [fi]
Finland (theatrical)
Finland (theatrical)
Urban Distribution International (UDI) [fr]
France (theatrical)
France (theatrical)

Awards

Award winnerYearAwardCategory 
Khadar Ayderus Ahmed2021TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival [ca]
Amplify Voices Award
Amplify Voices AwardWinner
Khadar Ayderus Ahmed2021Nordic Film Days [en]
Interfilm - Church Film Award
Interfilm - Church Film AwardWinner
Khadar Ayderus Ahmed2021Nordic Film Days [de]
NDR Feature Film Award
NDR Feature Film AwardWinner

Festivals

YearCountryFestivalComment
2021FranceCannes - Semaine de la critique
Competition
Competition
2021GermanyFilmfest Hamburg
Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope
2021CanadaTIFF - Toronto International Film Festival
Contemporary World Cinema
Contemporary World Cinema

Cinema releases and premieres

TypeCountryDateComment
Theatre releaseFranceWednesday, 27/04/2022
Theatre releaseFinlandFriday, 12/11/2021
PremiereWednesday, 07/07/2021Cannes - Semaine de la critique [fr]