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Nwakanwa I

2016 · 123 min

A heavy, sorrowful watch that follows a young woman through cruelty and exile, testing your patience with suffering before any hope appears.

Overview
A girl is faced with many challenges from her family members and her world comes crashing down, when she is raped and thrown out of her home to face the harsh reality of life.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • trauma
  • isolation
  • family
  • survival
  • betrayal
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism7
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity4
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Okey Ifeanyi
Written by
Blesyn George-Monsi
Starring
Chiwetalu Agu, Ruth Kadiri, Ken Erics, Rita Edochie, Sean Blessed
Runtime
123 min

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