WILL MY PARENTS COME TO SEE ME
Genre
Fiction
Running time
28 minutes
Year
2022
Language
Somali
Subtitle
English
Country
Somalia, Austria and Germany
Director
Muhamed Bashiir Harawe
Bio
Producer
Nuh Musse Berjeeb, Muhamed Bashiir Harawe
Cast
Xaliimo Cali Xasan, Shucayb Abdirahman Cabdi, Maxamed Axmed Maxamed
Scriptwriter
Muhamed Bashiir Harawe
The central figure in Harawe's haunting short film is just a boy, but he is one of many boys in the same prison cell, all condemned to death. In inky dark interiors, seen largely in profile, he stays calm as an expressionless court official tells him the procedure for his execution; routine protects these officials from feeling empathy. It's unclear whether he knows what crime he has committed. Will my parents come to see me? he asks.
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