O-town

  • O-town
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2015
Format : Feature
Running time : 130 (in minutes)

Tough-guy Peace and his two cronies try to climb the crime ladder in this stylised action comedy, reminiscent of Tarantino's early work. The underworld in the east Nigerian city of Owerri, or "O-town", is populated by petty thieves, pimps, pushers and a local celebrity in the form of "The Artist", a rapper with delusions of grandeur. From the top of the hieararchy, mob kingpin "The Chairman" controls everything - even though Peace would like to change that.

A film by C.J. Obasi

Nigeria, 2015, Fiction, 130min

starring Paul Utomi, Brutus Richard, Delvin Ifeanyi Ijeoma, Chucks Chyke, Kalu Ikeagwu, Ifu Ennada, Lucy Ameh, and Olu Alvin



NOTE OF INTENTION
O-town is a passion project, I should say because I combine a lot of real elements which I am fully versed in (growing up in Owerri), and weave them into fiction. I used my alias "Fiery" the disposer as a fictional filmmaker who has a near omnipresent overview of the town and all that's going wrong with it, and decides to do something about it as best he knows how...make a film about it.
C. J. Obasi

Producer: Oge Obasi

Director: C. J. Obasi
Screenplay: C.J. Obasi
Cinematography: Tunji Akinsehinwa
Editor: C.J. Obasi
Music: Beatoven and Wache Pollen

Cast:
Paul Utomi, Brutus Richard, Delvin Ifeanyi Ijeoma, Chucks Chyke, Kalu Ikeagwu, Ifu Ennada, Lucy Ameh, and Olu Alvin


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SVENSKA (SWEDISH)

Tuffingen Peace och hans två kumpaner försöker ta sig uppåt i gangsterhierarkin i denna stiliserade actionkomedi med en doft av tidiga Tarantino. Den undre världen i den östnigerianska staden Owerri, eller"O-town", befolkas av småskurkar, hallickar, knarklangare och en lokalkänd rappare med storhetsvansinne som kallas"The Artist". Längst upp i pyramiden sitter maffiabossen"The Chairman" och kontrollerar allt - även om Peace gärna skulle ändra på den saken. Precis som i debuten, zombiefilmen Ojuju (2014), visar regissören C.J. Obasi prov på lekfullhet, charm och humor i denna referensspäckade genrelek som är löst baserad på hans egen uppväxt i Owerri. - Jonas Holmberg (Göteborg Film Festival 2016)

Regissör: C. J. Obasi

År: 2015
Språk: Engelska

Producent: Oge Obasi

Manusförfattare: C.J. Obasi
Fotograf: Tunji Akinsehinwa
Klippare: C.J. Obasi
Musik: Beatoven and Wache Pollen
Medverkande: Paul Utomi, Brutus Richard, Delvin Ifeanyi Ijeoma, Chucks Chyke, Kalu Ikeagwu, Ifu Ennada, Lucy Ameh, and Olu Alvin

2016 | AMAA, Nigeria

2016 | Göteborg Film Festival
* Text: Nordisk Premiär
* Under Göteborg Film Festival är C. J. Obasi på plats för att möta publiken i Göteborg. C. J. Obasi deltar i ett Q&A efter visningarna den 4/2, 5/2 och 6/2.
https://festival.giff.se/events/o-town

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