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Denmark / Finland
2014, 13 min

Section: Prague Short Film Festival Presents
Year: 2016

A foreign woman in a burqa goes with her young son to a Copenhagen police station to file a complaint against her abusive husband, but the translator assigned to her seems unwilling to convey the true meaning of her words. A tense, hard-hitting film about cultural isolation and bureaucratic ignorance.


Synopsis

A foreign woman in a burqa goes with her young son to a Copenhagen police station to file a complaint against her abusive husband, but the translator assigned to her seems unwilling to convey the true meaning of her words. A tense, hard-hitting film about cultural isolation and bureaucratic ignorance.

Karel Spěšný

About the director

Hamy Ramezan, Rungano Nyoni Hamy Ramezan, Rungano Nyoni

Hamy Ramezan ​(1979) is a Finnish-Iranian director and winner of numerous awards. Rungano Nyoni was born in Zambia but grew up in Great Britain. Their films have screened at more than 200 festivals. Both filmmakers are currently working on their feature debuts.

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The Finnish Film Foundation
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www: www.ses.fi

About the film

Color, DCP

Section: Prague Short Film Festival Presents
   
Director: Hamy Ramezan, Rungano Nyoni
Screenplay: Hamy Ramezan, Rungano Nyoni
Dir. of Photography: Lars Vestergaard
Music: Kristian Selin Andersen
Editor: Rikke Selin Lorentz
Art Director: Jacob Stig Olsson
Producer: Valeria Richter, Helene Granqvist
Production: Pebble & DoDream
Cast: Amira Helene Larsen, Yusuf Kamal El-Ali, Zeinab Rahal, Nanna Bøttcher, Alexandre Willaume
Contact: The Finnish Film Foundation
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