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The Gravedigger's Wife

6.720211h 23mMovieDrama

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.

DirectorKhadar Ayderus Ahmed
WriterKhadar Ayderus Ahmed
ProducersMartin Hampel·Risto Nikkilä

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Cast · Directed by Khadar Ayderus Ahmed

OAOmar Abdi
Omar Abdi
Guled
YW
Yasmin Warsame
Nasra
KI
Kadar Adboul-Aziz Ibrahim
Mahad
SO
Samaleh Ali Obsieh
Ali
HO
Hamdi Ahmed Omar
Hassan
SO
Sermaan Abdoulkader Omar
Fuad
AN
Awa Ali Nour
Sahra
AO
Amina Ayanleh Omar
Nimco
ME
Mouhoubo Osman Eleyeh
Anisa
FE
Fardouza Moussa Egueh
Dr. Yahya
LILula Ali Ismaïl
Lula Ali Ismaïl
Dr. Yasmin
FB
Fahmi Guirreh Bouh
Kadar

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