Letters to a Stranger

  • Letters to a Stranger
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2008
Format : Feature
Running time : 95 (in minutes)

Genevieve Nnaji, known as the most beautiful Nollywood stars, plays the role of Jemina, a woman torn between two men. She has been engaged for five years to Frederick - played by film director Fred Amata - when Sadiq suddenly enters her life: flirting with this understandingman, who also happens to be Frederick's friend, nearly drives Jemina out of her mind. Luckily, her two friends are there to help her out...

A film by Fred Amata

Nigeria, 2008, Fiction, 1h35min

starring Genevieve Nnaji, Yemi Blaq, Fred Amata, Joke Silva, Elvina Ibru and Ibinabo Fiberesima, with Special Appearances from Segun Arinze and D'Banj.

Comment (FIFF 2009)
Beautiful women, chic clothes, breathtaking costumes, caring and intelligent men who nonetheless sometimes neglect love for the sake of their career and who succumb blindly to the women's refined seduction ploys: these are elements that will usually guarantee the success of a film - and not only in Nollywood. However, in Lagos or Abuja, all of this seems very different from what one can encounter in Hollywood or Geneva. Letters to a Stranger is one of the four films of the "Project Nollywood", the first to have been cofinanced by a bank.


Language of the o.v.: english
Year of production: 2008
Country of production: Nigeria
Running time: 95min.
Format: DVD

CAST
Genevieve Nnaji as Jemima Lawal
Yemi Blaq as Sadiq
Fred Amata as Fredrick Okoh
Elvina Ibru as Tare
Ibinabo Fiberesima as Kemi
Joke Silva as Mrs Okoh
Eucharia Anunobi as Mrs Bankole
Segun Arinze as Cab driver
D'Banj as D'Banj
Alex Lopez as Secretary

Director: Fred Amata
Scenario: Victor Aghahowa
Editing: Thomas Tille
Images: Jonathan Gbemotor
Cast: Genevieve Nnaji, Yemi Blaq, Ibinabor Fiberesima, Fred Amata

Producer
Hassan Shaibu
shaibupikin[at]hotmail.com


2009 | 23rd FIFF - Festival International de Films de Fribourg 2009 | 14 > 21/03/2009, FRIBOURG, Suisse
* Selection - Made in Nollywood
* Première européenne / European Premiere
www.fiff.ch

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DE

Genevieve Nnaji, die als die Schönste der Nollywood- Stars gilt, spielt die Rolle der Jemina, einer Frau zwischen zwei Männern. Mit Frederick - dargestellt von Regisseur Fred Amata - ist sie seit Jahren verlobt. Dann aber tritt Sadiq in ihr Leben. Der Flirtmit dem Frauenversteher, der zufällig auch noch Fredericks Freund ist, bringt Jemina fast um den Verstand. Wären da nicht ihre beiden Freundinnen...

Kommentar (FIFF 2009)
Schöne Frauen, schicke Kleider, super Kostüme, Männer mit Kopf, Herz und Format, die aber über ihre beruflichen Verpflichtungen manchmal die Liebe vernachlässigen und vor ausgeklügelten weiblichen Verführungsstrategien in die Knie gehen: das sind Elemente, aus denen nicht nur in Nollywood erfolgreiche Filme gemacht werden. Und doch sieht das alles in Lagos und Abuja ganz anders aus als in Hollywood oder Genf. Letters to a Stranger ist einer von vier Filmen des sogenannten "Project Nollywood", die erstmalig von einer Bank mitfinanziert werden.

Regisseur: Fred Amata
Sprache der Originalversion: englisch
Produktionsjahr: 2008
Produktionsland: Nigeria
Spielzeit: 95min.
Format: DVD

Drehbuch: Victor Aghahowa
Montage: Thomas Tille
Kamera: Jonathan Gbemotor

Darsteller: Genevieve Nnaji, Yemi Blaq, Ibinabor Fiberesima, Fred Amata

Produktionsfirma & Rechte
Hassan Shaibu
shaibupikin[at]hotmail.com

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