Friday, October 29, 2010

ASIRI OWO






Movie title: asiri owo(the secret of money making)
Director: ibukun Abimbola
Story/screenplay: fathia balogun
Makeup: wande ojulape
Location manager: wasiu adedeji
Assistant producer: Hassan ajayi
Release date: 2009
Name of reviewer: omoregie osarieme.
Setting: village and town setting.
Main casts:
Funsho adeolu: oluwole
Kunle adegbite: yemi
Fathia balogun: iyawo wole
Bisi komolafe: Abeke
Country: Yoruba, English subtitle
Quotes’: o makpami
Sound track: ikonbe

The review/story line (asiri owo) the secret of money making).
This movie is about a girl (Abeke) who has a bad hunch back and no one spoke to her in her village, she is from a poor home, her mum sells akara while her dad does nothing so one faithful night her dad sent her on an errand where her mum was selling her usual and she went there, her mum dint appreciate the fact that she came out because of her condition, she was attending to her customers i.e.: two men(oluwole and yemi).the next day those two men who were friends were at their house discussing and one of them(oluwole)brought up the topic of the girl that had the hunch back(Abeke)and he came up with an idea to take her to the city and marry her notwistanding his wife in the city, kidnap her and use her for money ritual she dint know he was rich. On one faithful day she was on her way to the steam he followed her and stopped her and told her his intentions to marry her and she fell for him and told him to come and see her parents the next he came with his friends to her parents’ house and they finalized everything and the both of them got married. After some times he kidnapped her to use her for more money and lied to her parents that they had a little misunderstanding and she ran away, they were worried so her parents went to seek for help and the native doctor (yinka quadri) told them that her daughter is missing and would be away for a long time and come back dead or alive. That same day her mum went to look for her in-law (oluwole) and behold he ran away to the city with his friend (yemi).there the man (oluwole) kept her in a secret room.

Scene 2:
In that secret room he wore her a red cloth and when he wants to get money he puts on the same thing and he would sleep with her any time he needs more money. He became very rich in a little time and people were suspecting him. His wife needed a maid so his friend (yemi) went to the village and got her the sister to Abeke. Her mum looked for her everywhere went to different native doctors they were telling her different stories but nevertheless she was she was persistent and she kept holding on to God. on one faithful day he left the secret door opened and she came out of the room because her sister saw her and ran to call her mum from the village, the native doctor and they all went to his house and they found her in the sitting room the native doctor caused the two men oluwole and yemi and they became mad and the girl died.

Title sequence: it was blurry and it wasn’t colorful.
Genre: tragedy

Challenges in the movie: the movie at some point dint make any sense there was no proper title for the movie and the movie dint have a good sound track.

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