Nollywood
veteran, Genevieve Nnaji’s latest movie, `Lionheart’ is set to premiere at the
2018 Toronto International Film Festival.
The annual festival is scheduled
to take place from September 6 to 16.
Mrs Nnaji’s first directional
movie `Lionheart’ will screen for the first time at the festival on Friday,
September 7.
The movie was written by C.J.
Fiery Obasi and screen played by Ishaya Bako and Emil Garuba.
The movie is executive produced by
The Entertainment Network (TEN), which was founded in partnership with Chinny
Onwugbenu.
Lionheart, which aside from being
Nnaji’s directorial debut, stars an array of award winning veterans in
Nollywood and music icons in the country.
Actors in the movie include, Genevieve
Nnaji, Chika Okpala, Steve Eboh, Pete Edochie, Kanayo O. Kanayo and Onyeka
Onwenu.
Others are: Nkem Owoh, Kalu
Ikeagwu, Jemima Osunde, Yakubu Mohammed and Sani Muazu.
The movie also stars talented
Nigerian rapper and singer, Chibuzor Azubuike, also known as Phyno and Peter
Okoye aka Mr P.
In the movie, Nnaji played Adaeze,
a sensible executive in her father’s transport company, `Lionheart Transport’.
Over time,
Adaeze proved her keen ability to make a profit and to manage the most
hysterical situations.
However, when her father falls
ill, both she and her rival were passed over in favour of Adaeze’s unpolished
uncle, Godswill.
Determined to fight her way to the
top, but not wanting to go against her father’s wishes, Adaeze felt like the
proverbial bus had left the station without her.
However, when she and Godswill
discovered that Lionheart is running on fumes, the unlikely duo had to come
together to save the company and their family name.
Nnaji’s film highlights the
everyday sexism that saturates workplaces and captures the delicate balance
between honouring one’s family while finding the courage to strike out on one’s
own. (NAN
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