Slow Country (film)
Appearance
Slow Country | |
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Directed by | Eric Aghimien |
Written by | Eric Aghimien |
Produced by | Christian Mordi Eric Aghimien |
Starring | Ivie Okujaye Sambasa Nzeribe Tope Tedela Majid Michel Kolade Shasi Gina Castel Brutus Richard Folaremi Agunbiade |
Cinematography | Eric Aghimien |
Edited by | Eric Aghimien |
Music by | Freeman Okafor |
Production company | Hills Pictures |
Distributed by | Genesis Deluxe Distribution [citation needed] |
Release dates |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
Country | Nigeria |
Language | English |
Slow Country is a Nigerian action-drama film,[1] directed and produced by Eric Aghimien.
The film stars Ivie Okujaye, Sambasa Nzeribe, Tope Tedela, Majid Michel, Richards Brutus, Stephen Damien, Kolade Shasi and Gina Castel.[2][3]
The film won the Audience Choice Award at the 2016 Africa International Film Festival and gave Sambasa Nzeribe his second consecutive AMVCA for "Best Actor in a Drama".[4]
Plot
A homeless teenage mother (Ivie Okujaye) who gets herself trapped in prostitution and drug trafficking for seven years in order to secure a good life for her son, decides to quit but her boss, a ruthless human and drug trafficker (Sambasa Nzeribe) is not ready to let go of his most trusted cash cow.
Cast
- Ivie Okujaye as Kome
- Sambasa Nzeribe as Tuvi
- Tope Tedela as Osas
- Majid Michel as Inspector Dave
- Gina Castel as Ola
- Brutus Richard as Brasko
- Folaremi Agunbiade as Femi
- Imoudu 'DJ Moe' Ayonete as Tuvi's Second Man
- Inspector Ogbonna as Victor Erabie
- Adebayo Thomas as Peter
- Emmanuel Ilemobayo as Charger
- Kolade Shasi as Pedro
- Anthony Igwe as Eugene
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2017 | Best of Nollywood Awards | Best Actor in a Lead role –English | Sambasa Nzeribe | Nominated | [5] |
Best Actress in a Lead role –English | Ivie Okujaiye | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actor –English | Tope Tedela | Nominated | |||
Best Child Actor | Adebayo Thomas | Nominated | |||
Movie with the Best Special Effect | Slow Country | Nominated | |||
Movie with the Best Screenplay | Nominated | ||||
Movie with the Best Editing | Nominated | ||||
Movie with the Best Cinematography | Nominated | ||||
Best Use of Make up in a Movie | Won | ||||
Movie of the Year | Nominated | ||||
Director of the Year | Nominated |
References
- ^ "See Nollywood's most believable action movie". www.lindaikejisblog.com. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ funtaqa (28 September 2016). "New Movie Trailer: "SLOW COUNTRY" by Eric Aghimien". wordpress.com. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/05/movie-review-hits-misses-eric-aghimiens-slow-country/
- ^ "Eric Aghimien's Award Winning "Slow Country" To Premiere in May - Xplorenollywood". xplorenollywood.com. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "BON Awards 2017: Kannywood's Ali Nuhu receives Special Recognition Award". Daily Trust. 2017-11-23. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
External links
- Slow Country at IMDb