Eyimofe

film
Title	Eyimofe
Genre	drama film
Publication date	11 Ɔɔtoorebare 2020
Country of origin	Nigeria
Original language of film or TV show	Bɔrefɔ
Director	Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri
Cast member	Sadiq Daba, Chioma Omeruah, Adetomiwa Edun, Jude Akuwudike, Ejike Asiegbu
Distributed by	Netflix
Narrative location	Nigeria
Waaloŋ	color
Review score	100%
Distribution format	video on demand

Eyimofe (Eyimofe: This Is My Desire) ka noba meŋ baŋ ne o ka This Is My Desire e la 2012 Nigeria deɛne sini ka Arie Esiri^[1] an e Chuko Esiri naŋ e yɔɔ mine maale o. A sini Chuko Esiri da sɛge o. A sini taa la dori ayi ka ba boɔlɔ Spain ane Italy^[2]. A sini taa la deɛdeɛnebe ka ba na la Jude Akuwudike ane Temi Ami-Williams naŋ e a deɛdeɛ kare. A sini da yuo ka noba eŋ ba yelteɛbo ka o be be tenne gyamaa tiiviri zu ane tendaazaa sink tigiri a 17 dakoroŋ na^[3]^[4]^[5].

Leɛ a deɛne naŋ tutaa

A sini poŋ eŋ la ziiri ayi tɛɛtɛɛ kyɛ ka a zaa yelnyɔgeraa kpɛtaa dori “Spain” ane “Italy.

Dori boŋyeni: Spain

A sini dɛŋdɛŋ tuuro la Mofe, maŋ be yuomo soŋa kyɛ e fitigidigiri maala kpeɛrɛ ne libifee ne o laŋkpeɛbɛ a Lagos poɔ. Mofe boɔbɔ la ka o gaa Spain a tuo zu kyɛ bare o bebiri zaa tuo womo a na te libigyamaa. O tona la toma parɛɛ ayi-kaŋa e o naŋ tona kompeeta toma zie a maala kompeeta saama ka a kaŋa meŋ e o naŋ wɔɔkyimaan a maŋ tona tensogɔ a bene libibile zaa o maŋ nyɛ a na baŋ tu o sori.

Mofe kpeɛrɛ la dibele kaŋa ne o yɔɔpɔge Precious ane o biiri bayi. Mofe naŋ maŋ tu kɔɔre, Precious maŋ kaara la a yiri kyɛ maala bondirii ane libifee na o naŋ taa a yi yɛroŋ fee o na erɛ.Mofe laŋ na la gama na zaa o naŋ na de tu ne a sori, a laŋ ne a paasepooti, aloopalee tigitigi ane a gane ba naŋ na sɛge ko o, a taa a sage diibu ka o na tuo tu la sori.

Kyɛ yeli kaŋa da eeɛ la wagere na o naŋ leɛ wa yiri zimaane, o nyɛɛ ka o yɔɔpɔge ne o biiri kpie la a yi teefaare mine naŋ yi a gyanoreta poɔ. A naŋ kpɛ o yaga Mofe nyɔge la o meŋɛ yi o teɛroŋ ne a libiyɛlɛ kyuuri mi.e puoriŋ. I da maŋ pɔgerɔ yɛlɛ gyamaa ayi a asibiti deme naŋ boɔrɔ libie kyɛ na iri a kuuni ko o ane o yidandɔɔ meŋɛ naŋ boɔrɔ o die libie.

Mofe naŋ moorɔ ka o bɔ ba sɔgele zie, o bɔre la a o paasipooti, ba naŋ da zu wagere ba ba naŋ fere kpɛ o die, ka a vɛŋ ka o sori tuubo zannoo ŋa baare. O naŋ moorɔ ka o leɛ are o gbɛɛzu ayi a yɛlɛ na zaa naŋ e o, Mofe leɛ boɔrɔ tone ane o gbɛɛzu leɛ aroo. O piili ne pɔge boɔbo ne Rosa, pɔge kaŋa o naŋ pɔge dããdie poɔ. Kyɛ ba bɔtaa na e la kpeɛŋaa ayi ba kaŋa zaa naŋ wono tuo. Mofe nyɔvore taa la dɔgɛɛ ka o nyɛ ka Nigeria yiibu koŋ la baŋ nyɛ eebo.

Dori ayi: Italy

A deɛne ayi kyaare la Rosa naŋ pɔgesaraa naŋ maala zuri kyɛ naŋ kɔɔrɔ daa naŋ tona tomparɛɛ ayi ka o na soŋ o meŋɛ ne o yɔɔ bipɔgelee Grace. Aŋa Mofe Rosa boɔbɔ la ka o gaa Italy. O nyɛɛ la ka ka o naŋ bare Nigeria e la lɛ o naŋ na e a zu yi nandaanoo poɔ kyɛ ka yɔɔ Grace nyɔvore meŋ soma.

Rosa yɔɔ la die kaŋa ka ba kpeɛrɛ a be a maŋ wono tuo ne libiyɛlɛ. O neŋkpoŋ a zu maale zie de o la wuli Peter, naŋ Lebanese bindaana, naŋ na baŋ soŋ o ne o sori gbama kyɛ bine o naŋ na ko la vɛŋ ka o na ne o baŋ taa. Rosa sagɛɛ la Peter yɛlɛ a nyɛ ka o e lɛ o naŋ na e ka o dɔŋɛɛ baare.

Kyɛ Grace meŋ da taa la pɔge yi Obinna, a yidandɔɔ bie. Rosa suuri da irii la a zɔrɔ dambeɛ ka a ŋaa na saa la ba sori tuubo yɛlɛ. Grace naŋ da wa beɛrɛ a gaŋ asibiti, Rosa da taa la sama gyamaa a asibiti poɔ kyɛ ka Peter eŋ o vi poɔ kyɛ yeli ka o ba la erɛ anaŋ o naŋ yeli ka o na e la.

Rosa da pɔge la Mofe naŋ ko nimimaaroŋ, kyɛ zaa taa la ba yoŋ yɛlɛ gyamaa ane ba naŋ na baŋ bɔ taa. Rosa da wa nyɛɛ la ka Italey gaabo na ŋmaa la. Ane lɛ zaa o naŋ tona nimizie zaa, a pɛgenɛ kyɛ o naŋ ba ba tuo e bonso yʋlɛ yaga gaŋ o la.

A sini baaroo poɔ, nyɔvore yɛlɛ naŋ gɛrɛ la nimitɔɔre Lagos poɔ. A dori na poɔ ba naŋ teɛrɛ ba sori yiibu saa la kyɛ ka ba naŋ be ba bebiri zaa nyɔvore yɛlɛ na poɔ. A Mofe ne a Rosa zaa areko lo la a Nigeria deme naŋ maŋ boɔrɔ ka ba nyɔvore soma a naasaalepaaloŋ poɔ kyɛ ka naŋ ba maŋ sage.

Deɛdeɛneba

Jude Akuwudike naŋ e Mofe
Temi Ami-Williams naŋ e Rosa
Cynthia Ebijie naŋ e Grace
Tomiwa Edun naŋ e Seyi
Jacob Alexander naŋ e Peter
Chioma Omeruah naŋ e Mama Esther
Ejike Asiegbu naŋ e Goddey
Sadiq Daba naŋ e Jakpor
Imoh Eboh naŋ e nurse
Chiemela Azurunwa naŋ e doctor
Kemi Lana Akindoju naŋ e Hope
Kelechi Udegbe naŋ e Dauda
Emeka Nwagbaraocha naŋ e Akin
Chidumebi Nzeribe naŋ e Celestine
Omoye Uzamere naŋ e Precious
Charles Ukpong naŋ e Abu
Fortune Nwafor naŋ e Wisdom
Rita Edward naŋ e Peace
Emmanuel Adeji naŋ e Blessing
Toyin Oshinaike naŋ e Vincent
Nonso Odogwu naŋ e Barrister Onuah

Maaloo

A sini yeebɛ ayi Arie Esiri ane Chuko Esiri la da maale o. A sini da e la Nigeria dede la soŋ ne libie a da deɛ16 mm kyɛ ka ba da deɛne o ziiri 48 a Lagos poɔ be la ka a deɛnɛ fa de^[6]ɛ. A sini ziiri mime meŋ da deɛ la New Yotk poɔ^[7]. A sini da nyɛ la a 2018 Purple List kyɔɔtaare ka ba iri o ka o poɔ a 2019 IFP Narrative Lab a New York poɔ^[8].

Gbaŋgbali yiibu

A sini deɛ la sini tigiri gyamaa ka a mine la South Africa, Netherlands, US, Italy, Poland, UK, Spain, Brazil, Portugal, UAE, Canada, Austria, China, Greece, Egypt, Germany ane India.^[9]^[10]^[11]

A sini da irii poɔ la tenne 17 a ba sini tigiri ka ana be a puleŋ

70th Berlin International Film Festival, Germany (24 February 2020)^[12]^[13]^[14]
Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada (26 September 2020)^[15]
BFI London Film Festival, UK (11 October 2020)^[16]
2020 Film Africa
2020 Indie Lisboa International Film Festival, Portugal
2020 Internacional de Cinema São Paulo International Film Festival/Mostra São Paulo Film Festival, Brazil^[17]
2020 Cinecitta International Film Festival, Netherlands^[18]
AFI Film Festival, USA (20 October 2020)
2020 Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain
Sharjah Film Platform Festival, UAE^[19]
2020 Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt^[20]
2020 Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece
2020 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival^[21]
2020 New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland
Torino Film Festival, Italy (24 November 2020)^[22]
2020 Hainan Island International Film Festival, China^[23]
Viennale, Austria
World Panorama section of the 51st International Film Festival of India (24 January 2021)^[24]
2021 BlackStar Film Festival^[25]

Tuuri deebo

A sini da nyɛ la yelteɛbo sonne. Glenn Kenny a ko RogerEbert.com ko o 3.5 ŋmarebie a yi anaare poɔ, a yeli ka o taa bambo nembaaloŋ. Kyɛ ka yelnyɔgere la e nensaalaa yel-eree. Ba kɔkɔɛ e la ba menni. A kamara maŋ e la bile ka anaŋ seŋ ka o e kyɛ ka o naŋ are a e a lɛ wagere zaa, a baŋ vɛŋ ka a noba na naŋ zanna a deɛdeɛnebe ka ba wuli ba soŋ a ŋa a deɛne naŋ gyennɛ ba kanyiri. Kyɛ kanyiri la kyɛ ba boɔbɔ naane ka a sini pukyaare^[26].

A sɛgebo a The New Yorker poɔ, deɛ sɛgerɛ Teju Cole boɔle o la "artful and luminous film" ane " nyɔvosoŋ boɔbo. Ka foo na maaane ne Wong Kar Wai’s In The Mood for Love, Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation, ane Mati Diop’s Atlantics, o kpuli la a zu a yeli ka ka a o e la daaseɛ ko Chuko Esiri’s bambo sɛgebo ka sini yaare la ne o meŋɛ veɛloŋ^[27],

O da poɔ a African sini soŋ kaŋa a yuoni 2022 poɔ^[28].

A sini naŋ taa a nyaabo ŋa 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, ane 7.9, noba 22 naŋ gyɛle o ne ba yelteɛboa^[29].

Kɔɔtaare ane lɛ o naŋ nyɛ iribu

A sini nyɛ la kyɔɔtaare ane iribo a sini tigiri. A nyɛ la a Achille Valdata kyɔɔtaare a 2020 Torino International sini tigiri^[30].

Year	Award	Category	Result
2020	Berlin International Film Festival	Best First Feature	Nominated
	Indie Lisboa International Film Festival	Grand Prize City of Lisbon	Nominated
	Torino Film Festival	Prize of the City of Torino	Nominated
	Valladolid International Film Festival	Best Feature Film	Nominated
	Berlinale	Best First Film	Nominated
2021	BlackStar Film Festival	Best Feature Narrative	Won
	Africa Movie Academy Awards	Best Film	Nominated
		Best Director	Won
		Best Actor in a Leading Role	Nominated
		Achievement in Editing	Won
		Best Nigerian Film	Won
		Best Sound	Won
		Best First Feature Film by a Director	Won

References

[1] ttps://www.eyimofe.film/

[2] ttps://www.thefilmagazine.com/eyimofe-this-is-my-desire-movie-review/

[3] ttps://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/this-is-my-desire-review-eyimofe-1203512981/

[4] ttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/eyimofe-this-is-my-desire-film-review-afi-2020-4077205

[5] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20211108033848/https://editor.guardian.ng/life/trailer-for-eyimofe-this-is-my-desire-out-ahead-of-uk-premiere/

[6] ttps://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/10/24/the-esiri-brothers-take-eyimofe-abroad/

[7] ttps://deadline.com/2020/10/eyimofe-this-is-my-desire-trailer-nigerian-drama-lff-1234592866/

[8] ttps://www.pulse.ng/bi/lifestyle/eyimofe3-interesting-things-to-know-about-nigerian-movie-selected-for-the-berlin-film/pd9376l

[9] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20211108090510/https://editor.guardian.ng/life/eyimofe-to-premiere-in-uk-as-part-of-the-activities-to-celebrate-nigeria-at-60/

[10] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20211108012949/https://editor.guardian.ng/art/eyimofe-selected-for-film-festivals-in-greece-poland/

[11] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20211106231558/https://editor.guardian.ng/life/nigerian-film-eyimofe-to-screen-in-austria-netherlands-spain/

[12] ttps://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/23155/eyimofe-a-desire-to-migrate-on-screen-at-the-berlin-film-festival

[13] ttps://guardian.ng/life/nigerian-feature-eyimofe-to-show-at-70th-berlin-international-film-festival/

[14] ttps://guardian.ng/life/nigerian-feature-selected-at-70th-berlin-international-film-festival/

[15] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20211106225029/https://editor.guardian.ng/news/eyimofe-to-screen-at-2020-vancouver-film-festival-today/

[16] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20201216010424/https://www.bfi.org.uk/london-film-festival/screenings/eyimofe-this-my-desire

[17] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20211106225027/https://editor.guardian.ng/news/eyimofe-to-screen-at-brazils-mostra-film-festival/

[18] ttps://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/movies/eyimofe-this-is-my-desire-set-to-screen-in-3-european-countries/mjsmss7

[19] ttps://guardian.ng/art/eyimofe-to-screen-at-sharjah-film-platform-festival-in-uae/

[20] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20211108033901/https://editor.guardian.ng/life/eyimofe-selected-for-cairo-international-film-festival/

[21] ttps://guardian.ng/news/eyimofe-selected-for-2020-karlovy-vary-international-film-festival/

[22] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20211106231602/https://editor.guardian.ng/life/eyimofe-selected-for-2020-torino-film-festival/

[23] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20211108090558/https://editor.guardian.ng/news/eyimofe-selected-for-hainan-international-film-festival-in-china/

[24] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20211108093514/https://editor.guardian.ng/life/film/eyimofe-selected-for-international-film-festival-of-india/

[25] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20211205162732/https://editor.guardian.ng/news/eyimofe-wins-best-feature-narrative-at-blackstar-film-festival-2/

[26] ttps://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/eyimofe-this-is-my-desire-movie-review-2021

[27] ttps://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-good-people-of-eyimofe

[28] ttps://africanarguments.org/2021/12/the-best-african-films-of-2021/

[29] ttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eyimofe

[30] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20211108091328/https://editor.guardian.ng/news/eyimofe-wins-torino-film-festivals-achille-valdata-award/

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