WAtched this movie today and absolutely loved it (8/10). Its a 2006 release and the female director and write is called
Chinny Aheneku (who plays Alice)
If you love village movies you would definately love this one. Alice who is one of two wives living in the village with her husband (Amadi), one daughter (played by
Nkechi Thelma Chukwu), 2 other stepkids and husbands second wife, causes comotion all over village, She wants to fight anybody and anyone who offends her, in the market, in the street , She even faught the reverend father of her church. She was too feisty, very much like Patience Ozorkor and her convincing "witch" ways.
This lady is not only a great female script writer and director but a very good actress - if she continues with village movies like this Tchidi has stiff competition. She is like a younger version of Patience Ozorkor - very good looking and will charm you with her beauty but evil inside and carniving and manupulative to the core. Actually Patience is also in this movie (as well as Sam Loco) - but she plays alice's aunty in law - her husbands aunty and she hated Alice. Though its an english movie there is a lot of igbo spoken in this movie, you would think you were watching an Igbo movie, but i loved it and understood it nonetheless cos it was subtitled. . (i understand inanu=do you hear me, biko-please etc
etc)
Sam Loc (like bob manuel odukwu) as you can imagine will spit their igbo in a heart beat
as he did in this movie - he is too hilarious. He coughed through out the movie, i think he was really sick.
The was one lil girl like that (maybe 10 to 12 yrs old) her name is
Nkechi Thelma Chukwu, who impressed me a lot. She could easily give Sharon Ezeamaka a run for her money, cos he is a very good child actress and very articulate, she acts very natural. She played Alice's daughter and actually looked like her a bit.
Could someone tell me this a guy called
Joseph Okechukwu plays Aamadi the husband of Alice, if that is same actor we know as
King Joe (who also starred in "Butterly" with Ramsey, Genny and Maureen). If it is then he looked slightly different, He has grown bigger and looks more matured.,
ps:
After watching this movie, So far for child actresses
Nkechi Thelma Chukwu, is currently on my top list, next to the girl who stars in the movie "Prophecy" with Genny, and the other young girl who plays OmoT daughter in Blood Sisters and finally Sharon. They young girls try better than the young boys. I guess cos they are more matured.
i think this thread should be moved to EMG side, cos i dont think its really an igbo movie, its an igbo setting but all english speakers can watch it too and enjoy it.