The Gravedigger's Wife

Name: The Gravedigger's Wife
Genre: Drama
Released: 2021-11-12
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Omar Abdi, Yasmin Warsame, Kadar Adboul-Aziz Ibrahim, Samaleh Ali Obsieh, Hamdi Ahmed Omar

2021·Drama·1h 23m

6.7

★

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.

Directed by Khadar Ayderus Ahmed

IMDB

N/A

Letterboxd

3.5 / 5

Cast

Omar Abdi

Guled

Lula Ali Ismaïl

Dr. Yasmin

Crew

Khadar Ayderus Ahmed

Director

Khadar Ayderus Ahmed

Writer

Sebastian Thümler

Editor

Martin Hampel

Producer

Thanassis Karathanos

Producer

Lula Ali Ismaïl

Associate Producer

Popular Reviews

8 reviews

Hashi

8.0★ · 09/11/24

Finally found this gem of a film

diego brando

5.7★ · 02/15/24

Every shot of the wife in this film was absolutely stunning.

martina frederick

6.0★ · 09/25/23

this movie had everything working for it, but fell so short. i really wish i could’ve enjoyed this more, but it was okay. just fine. i guess. somalia man.

25th film of september: foreign film month: somalia

Lehem

8.0★ · 06/20/25

ROBEL

7.0★ · 06/20/25

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