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Lagos Real Fake Life

2018 · 90 min

A lively, joke-filled look at city strivers and their flashy pretenses, easy to dip into and chuckle along with.

Directed by
Mike Ezuruonye
Starring
Annie Idibia, Emmanuella, IK Ogbonna
Overview
Lagos Real Fake Life is a true life comedy movie that showcases the realistic and so so fake lifestyle of some people who reside in, or even visit LAGOS. For some it’s “Stay Content and Wait” and for others its “FAKE it Till you MAKE IT”.

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Directed by
Mike Ezuruonye
Starring
Annie Idibia, Emmanuella, IK Ogbonna
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • identity
  • ambition
  • deception
  • work
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Directed by
Mike Ezuruonye
Starring
Annie Idibia, Emmanuella, IK Ogbonna, MC Lively, Efe Irele
Runtime
90 min
Languages
English

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