ENIKEJI

MOVIE TITLE: ENIKEJI
DIRECTOR: Kunle Afod
WRITER: Kunle Afod
PRODUCER: Kunle Afod
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Olumide Adedayo
SCREEN PLAY: Kunle Afod, Shola Olaibi, Kola Amusan
RELEASE DATE: 2008
GENRE: Drama
REVIEWER: Osilowo Adunolaoluwa

THE REVIEW (PLOT SUMMARY)
The movie begins at the home of Mr. Debo Oluwatoyinbo, here he is preparing for a job interview when his wife subuola comes in and requests for money to buy supplies for both the house and for their son, before she is able to finish asking he lashes out at her that he has no money and there is little tension in the air, but his wife does not provoke any farther and the tension dies down where after he leaves the house for his job interview kissing both his wife and son goodbye. After his departure from his house, he waits at the road side to alight a bike; while he was waiting he was approached by a supposed lunatic who pestered him for his pen until he (daddy bolu) gave up and gave him the pen. Unfortunately for him the job had already been reserved for someone else. While reminiscing at home he receives a call from a friend of his who was coming back from the states (America), who would be arriving, at his house the next day. The next day when his friend Seye arrives they lodge at a hotel and Seye tells debo his purpose for coming was to find a proper Nigerian wife. Debo then introduces him to a lady named shade and Seye is very pleased with what he sees him (Seye) then gives debo a sum of money and debo then excuses himself. However the following day Seye complains profusely about the girl Sade to debo. After the call debo settles down to think and comes up with a plot to squander money from his friend Seye involving his wife, he informs his wife Subuola of the plan for her to pretend to be single and interested in Seye so as to suck out money from him (Seye), at first she refuses but he manipulates her thinking and then she agrees but only to please her husband. The day Subuola meets Seye, Seye is taken in by her beauty and wifely features that he wants her to spend the night with him, making both Debo and Subuola uncomfortable, but Seye is persistent and therefore Subuola stays the night. At home Debo becomes agitated because it is late and Subuola is not yet back, he storms about calling her with no reply constantly staring at the time’, by the time she arrives in the morning he is both angry and happy that she is back (happiness brought about by the money she brings back and also the fact that she was not touched).the charade continues until Subuola begins to fall in love with Seye and debo is becoming uncomfortable with the present situation, to add to his confusion the supposed lunatic at the beginning of the movie finds him again and reveals to him his(Debo) plot and warns him to stop it before it is too late. Unfortunately for him Subuola has confessed the whole plot to Seye, so while Debo argues with Subuola telling her that the plot was off Seye walks in scolds Debo and there after proposes to Subuola of which she accepts. Debo then goes to his mother and tells her all that has taken place. A meeting is then held with everyone present and it is concluded that Debo out of his greed and irresponsibility is at fault for all that had happened. Debo unsatisfied with the present verdict takes the case to court but is also at the loosing end there, but Seye on the other hand seeks to retain his friendship with Debo, he then goes to visit Debo, compensates him and requests that Debo be his best man of which Debo accepts. Unknown to Seye, Debo has hired assassins to kill Seye on the day of his wedding but while the assassins were on their way to the location taken to they were stopped by the police and forced to a confession, after confessing the police officers were taken to Seye’s home where Debo was arrested.
THEME: Greed and Deceit
SETTING: Nigeria, Lagos
COUNTRY: Nigeria
LANGUAGE: Yoruba subtitled in English
SOUNDTRACK: My heart will go on by Celine Dion
TITLE SEQUENCE: At the beginning of the movie before the title was revealed the main casts were shown from scenes of the movie with their names written underneath then the title was revealed on a black background.
CINEMATOGRAPHY
SHOTS: medium shot, close up and extreme close up (the extreme close up when Seye proposed To Subuola In the presence of Debo, there was more emphasis on Debo’s face to show the hurt when his wife said yes).
ANGLE: Medium angle was foremost in the movie though the extremely high and low angles were also used.
TRANSITION: at the beginning of the move there was a zoom out from Debo's shoes to show that he was preparing for an interview, also along the line of the movie there was a zoom in to the wall clock to emphasize how late it was and Subuola had not returned home.
COSTUME: Kofoworola Onifade; the costumes were fit for all the parts played.
MAKE-UP: Regina Chukwu; the make-up for some of the casts was a little too much.
REFLECTION: I was really impressed with the line to which the story took and also the end I myself couldn’t believe I could settle down to finish a Nigerian movie not to speak of a Yoruba one