Eyimofe
Director: Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri
Writer: Chuko Esiri
Cast: Jude Akuwudike, Temiloluwa Ami-Williams, Cynthia Ebijie
Part of: Viennale
Seen on: 25.10.2020
Plot:
Lagos. Mofe (Jude Akuwudike) is an electrician who dreams of going to Spain and making a new life for himself in Europe. But it is difficult to arrange everything and life has a habit of getting in the way. Also dreaming of Europe, Italy to be specific, is Rosa (Temiloluwa Ami-Williams) and with her her sister Grace (Cynthia Ebijie). But for them, too, life just keeps happening and crossing their already complex arrangements.
Eyimofe shows what people are willing to put themselves through in the hope for a better life (and what they have to put themselves through). While it captures that nicely, I just didn’t connect with it in the way I should have.
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