The read
It runs a compact 13m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
13 audience votes
Key crew
- Rungano NyoniDirector
- Hamy RamezanDirector
- Hamy RamezanWriter
- Rungano NyoniWriter
Cast
- Nanna BøttcherPolice woman
- Yusuf Kamal El-AliSon
- Amira Helene LarsenTranslator
- Zeinab RahalMother
- Alexandre WillaumePoliceman
- Peter Fog JensenPoliceman in office
- Maria Yang-BuschWoman in corridor
Themes
policeislamfamily conflictwoman directorshort film