2021 · drama · romance · somali
The Gravedigger's Wife
Directed by Khadar Ayderus Ahmed1h 23m2021
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.
Our read: The Gravedigger's Wife (2021) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · romance · somali entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, tender.
- sombre
- measured
- tender
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