Project Detail

Forty Days of Mourning

James Falkner

Synopsis

Humi is seven, and things in her house have changed. Her grandmother, a force of nature, has died, leaving the once spirited house in mourning. Humi watches with curiousity as mourners, dressed in white, gather in their house to observe the forty day period of mourning. Meanwhile, her mother, Nazia, devastated by the loss, starts to fall apart. As Nazia turns her back on the world and Humi, she stands to lose all that she has left. And it's up to Humi to bring her mother back from the brink.

Details

Year: 2008
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 10 mins
Format: HiDef
Director: Aamina Ahmad
Producer: Marc Boothe, Erinma Ochu
Co-Producer: Marc Boothe, Erinma Ochu
Editor: Dan Roberts
Screenwriter: Aamina Ahmad
Director of Photography: Alan Stewart
Production Designer: Andrew Bennett
Sound: Alex Joseph
Composer: Conor Doherty
Principal cast: Seema Bowri, Indira Joshi, Helena Pardey-Yaralli, Aileen Gonsalves

Genre

Woman Director Asian Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Junglee Productions

11 Murray Street
London NW1 9RE
UK

geraldine.patten@tiscali.co.uk

Sales Company

Junglee Productions

11 Murray Street
London NW1 9RE
UK

geraldine.patten@tiscali.co.uk

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