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Forty Days of Mourning

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

Categories

Fiction

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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