A woman wearing a burqa is in a Copenhagen police station, telling about her husband, who, according to her, "is doing terrible things". The translator assigned to her is corrupting both the woman’s testimony, as well as the officers’ answers.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 13 min.
- Country, year
- Denmark, Finland, 2015
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Persian
- Subtitles
- English, Lithuanian
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- Hamy Ramezan, Rungano Nyoni
- Producers
- Valeria Richter, Helen Granqvist, Nynne Marie Selin Eidnes
- Cast
- Yusuf Kamal Eli-Ali, Zeinab Rahal, Amira Helene Larsen, Nanna Bottcher, Alexandre Willaume, Peter Fog Jensen
Festivals and awards
- Tampere International Short Film Festival
- Tribeca Film Festival
Director
Hamy Ramezan
Hamy Ramezan is a Finnish-Iranian film director and scriptwriter. He studied film in England. His first short films were screened worldwide, he is currently developing his first feature.
Rungano Nyoni’s films have screened at more than 200 film festivals world-wide. In 2012 her short Mwansa the Great was nominated for a BAFTA. In 2013, she was selected for Cannes Cinefondation Residency.
Director
Rungano Nyoni
Hamy Ramezan is a Finnish-Iranian film director and scriptwriter. He studied film in England. His first short films were screened worldwide, he is currently developing his first feature.
Rungano Nyoni’s films have screened at more than 200 film festivals world-wide. In 2012 her short Mwansa the Great was nominated for a BAFTA. In 2013, she was selected for Cannes Cinefondation Residency.
