Written By Abosi Ogba
Directed by Niyi Akinmolayan
Produced by Emmanuel Uduma
The screen opens with a message: 1 in every 5 people will have mental health issues... this week. Beautiful opening, I must say. And this gets you thinking... I am about to watch how people develop mental health issues or watch someone with mental health issues being rehabilitated and the challenges, stigma, myths associated with the mental health patients.
It is a 27 minutes long short film and when the film end credits rolls, you are wondering, what does this have to do with mental health. Because Niyi is a genuis, you are struggling to understand how the anecdote of a counsellor's daily encounters with his patients is linked with mental health issues.
I still don't get it. Please watch it and educate me if you do find the connection.
1 comment:
Typical of naija movies...dialogue is the link to understanding the intricacies of the suspense. I only realize that an action of decade came to full circle because the pastor was the Dr that left the lady who married the doctor that saved her giving birth to the girl that was having what daddies and the psychiatrist is a college buddy with the paralyzed husband. This I know you can decoded but what the movie is all about is not so clear except to say nothing goes without its punishment.
The director however did a fantastic job with the camera and cinematography is very good. Clear sound and visuals. All the angles were captured superbly to feed the eye colors in clarity. I must say good job for the director but the story and theme as described by you caption as mental illness doesn't correlate.
Thanks for good short movie experience. Naija is moving forward.
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