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LA FEMME DU FOSSOYEUR directed by Khadar Ahmed

THE GRAVEDIGGER’S WIFE directed by Khadar Ahmed

Developed in 2015 at La Résidence of the Festival de Cannes and selected at the 2021 Critics’ Week, Khadar Ahmed presents his film « THE GRAVEDIGGER’S WIFE ».

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?

In theaters on April 27th 2022.

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