Araromire

Lives are miraculously changed with the discovery of a mysterious figurine in an abandoned shrine which according to ancient legend bestows seven years of good luck. However, as the promotional tagline has it, ‘No one told them about the next seven years…’. Kunle Afolayan escapes the usual Nollywood limitations with what is the most elaborate production to appear from the country of hyper-prolific output. Former actor Afolayan turns a lot of Nollywood cliches on their head in his epic narrative of two gentlemen and a lady who are by turns down and out, on top of the world and confronting the abyss of hell itself. The figure of the goddess Araromire would appear to be deeply rooted in tradition – but the representation of that tradition by the figurine of a particular goddess, the town from which she comes and the language sung on the soundtrack is entirely made up.

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