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Quick Info

Rating

6.7/10

Release2021

Runtime1h 23m

StatusReleased

Budget$1,300,000

Revenue$36,006

Production

Bufo

Pyramide Productions

Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion

Movie

The Gravedigger's Wife

2021

1h 23m

6.7

Drama

Synopsis

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.

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