The Grave Digger
A film by Khadar Ahmed
French release January 1 1970Synopsis
Middle-aged Guled, a struggling gravedigger living in the slums of Djibouti city, is working hard to make ends meet. His beloved wife Nasra, who suffers from a chronic kidney disease, desperately needs a transplant. Otherwise she will die. An appropriate donor is found, but it’s not the end of the struggle – in order to buy the kidney, Guled should be able to collect in only two weeks as much money as a gravedigger normally earns in a year...
Crew
Written & directed by Khadar Ahmed
Cinematography by Arttu Peltomaa
Production information
Production Design by Antti Nikkinen
Produced by Mark Lwoff & Misha Jaari / Bufo
Co-Producers : Stéphane Parthenay / Pyramide Productions & Thanassis Karathanos / Twenty Twenty Vision