Washing captures the final moment of intimacy between two Bosnian Muslim women in Sweden. Emina's mother dies in their Swedish home. Emina refuses to let the authorities take care of the corpse until she has performed a ritual washing of her mother. Sweeping her mum in a traditional white sheet becomes her last gift. This film focuses on the mundane, intimate and unspectacular lives of Muslim refugees. It refuses to engage with controversial but vapid issues typically ascribed to Muslims, instead trying to capture the everydayness of life.
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