Will My Parents Come to See Me
An experienced Somali policewoman once again accompanies a young inmate through the procedures of the Somali justice system. (production note)
Somalia. A policewoman sits in her parked car. After a while, she gets out, puts on her service cap, and enters the prison. There, decisive hours have dawned for young Farah. Organizational machinery starts up around him. Farah is examined by a doctor, instructed by the bailiff, and looked after by an imam. Farah is waiting for his parents to visit.
“How are you?” is the question everyone asks him that day. Each time, “Good” is his concise answer. Only when the policewoman takes Farah out of town the next morning does the unspeakable become a painful reality.
Will My Parents Come to See Me tells what such an everyday life does to people. Their emotional world is characterized by insurmountable heaviness, in which every movement becomes an act of strength. Only the bare essentials are said. Even the camera can barely approach. Often it stops in front of the prison bars or has to look over a wall. Outside the wind rushes by and a band can be heard. In Mo Harawe’s film there is no good or bad, no right or wrong. There is only life that everyone clings to. (Dominique Gromes)
Will My Parents Come to See Me
2022
Austria, Germany, Somalia
28 min