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A foreign woman in a burqa brings 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, diamond-hard film about cultural isolation and bureaucratic ignorance.

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Yusuf Kamal El-Ali
Son
Zeinab Rahal
Mother
Amira Helene Larsen
Translator

Awards

  • 2014 - Aluminum Horse - Best Short Film - nominated
  • 2015 - Best International Short Film - - nominated
  • 2015 - Prize of the Youth Jury - Finnish Short Film Under 30 Minutes - winner
  • 2015 - Prix UIP Tampere (European Short Film) - - winner

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