Movie • 2022 • NC-17 • 1 h 36 m
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Inspired by true life events, in the Oyo Empire in the 1940's, Elesin Oba, the king's chief horseman, succumbs to the lure of beauty and sexual desire on the very evening he is set to die in order to fulfil his lifelong debt of ritual suicide to accompany the dead Alaafin to the realm of the ancestors, he derails from a very important generational and spiritual transaction. This sets in motion a series of catastrophic consequences, in a spell-binding film of emotions, humour, and tragic role reversals that puts ancient beliefs and customs on trial in an ever increasingly post-modern and Western world.

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Directed By: Biyi Bandele

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Odunlade AdekolaElesin
Shaffy BelloIyaloja
Olawale-Brymo OlofooroPraise Singer
Deyemi OkanlawonOlunde
Omowunmi DadaBride
Jide KosokoSergeant Amusa
Mark ElderkinSimon
Jenny SteadJane
Langley KirkwoodResident
Fares BoulosAide-de-camp
Kevin UshiJoseph
Drikus VolschenkThe Prince
Taiwo Ajai-LycettMadam Taiwo
Joke SilvaMadam Bola

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Release Date:Sep 9, 2022
Duration:1 h 36 m
Rating:NC-17
Streaming On:Netflix
Catalog Number:NFC #18
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