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Monterey Media |
Release Date:
May 16, 2014
Summary:
Olanna (Thandiwe Newton) and Kainene (Anika Noni Rose) are glamorous twins from a wealthy Nigerian family. Returning to a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria after their expensive English education, the two women make very different choices. Olanna shocks her family by going to live with her lover, the revolutionary professor Odenigbo (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and his devoted houseboy Ugwu (John Boyega) in the dusty university town of Nsukka. Kainene turns out to be a fiercely successful businesswoman when she takes over the family interests, and surprises herself when she falls in love with Richard (Joseph Mawle), an English writer. Preoccupied by their romantic entanglements, and a betrayal between the sisters, the events of their life loom larger than politics. However, they become caught up in the events of the Nigerian civil war, in which the lgbo people fought an impassioned struggle to establish Biafra as an independent republic, ending in chilling violence which shocked the entire country and the world.
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Details
| Runtime: | 111 min |
| Rating: | Rated R for some violence and sexual content |
| Official Site: | http://halfofayellowsunmovie.com/ |
| Production: | Slate Films |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Countries: | UK, Nigeria |
| Language: | English |
| Home Release Date: | Jul 29, 2014 |
| Director | Credit |
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| Biyi Bandele | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
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| Biyi Bandele | Writer |
| Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | Writer |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
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| Anika Noni Rose | Kainene |
| Chiwetel Ejiofor | Odenigbo |
| Thandiwe Newton | Olanna |
| Cast | Credit |
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| Anika Noni Rose | Kainene |
| Babou Ceesay | Okeoma |
| Chiwetel Ejiofor | Odenigbo |
| Genevieve Nnaji | Ms Adebayo |
| Hakeem Kae-Kazim | Captain DUTSE |
| John Boyega | Ugwu |
| Joseph Mawle | Richard |
| Kasper Michaels | Plump Charles |
| O.C. Ukeje | Aniekwena |
| Onyeka Onwenu | Mama |
| Paul Hampshire | Professor Lehman |
| Rob David | Redhead Charles |
| Susan Wokoma | Amala |
| Thandiwe Newton | Olanna |
| Zack Orji | Cast |
| Producer | Credit |
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| Alan J. Wands | Supervising Producer |
| Andrea Calderwood | Producer |
| Gail Egan | Executive Producer |
| Lee Hodgkinson | Post Producer |
| Mark Birmingham | Line Producer: Uk |
| Muhtar Bakare | Executive Producer |
| Norman Merry | Executive Producer |
| Peter Hampden | Executive Producer |
| Yewande Sadiku | Executive Producer |
| Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo | Line Producer |
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