Goodbye Julia

Summary

Wracked by guilt after covering up a murder, Mona (Yousif), a northern Sudanese retired singer, tries to make amends by taking in the deceased’s southern Sudanese widow, Julia (Riak), and her son, into her home. In this fine debut by Kordofani, a personal moral drama is staged on the sets of a fractured and politically tense Sudan. The first ever Sudanese film to play in an ofcial selection at Cannes, it won the Un Certain Regard section’s Freedom Prize.

Supported by Irish Aid at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)