Ese est une fille solitaire de 8 ans vivant à Bariga Sugar – une bordel de banlieue à Bariga, Lagos. Sa mère, Tina, est l’une des travailleuses du sexe de Bariga Sugar. Âgé de 10 ans, Jamil, et sa mère Hanatu s’installent dans le bordel. Ese et Jamil nouent une amitié improbable.

Un film de Ifeoma Nkiruka CHUKWUOGO

Nigeria, 2017, fiction, 21min, Drame

avec Halima Olarewaju, Tunde Azeez, Tina Mba

Réalisatrice / Director: Ifeoma Nkiruka Chukwuogo
Scénaristes / Writers: Ifeoma Nkiruka Chukwuogo, Ikenna Edmund Okah

Ese is a reclusive 8 year old girl living in Bariga Sugar – a ghetto brothel in Bariga, Lagos. Her mother Tina is one of Bariga Sugar’s working women. 10 year old Jamil and his mother Hanatu move into the brothel, Ese and Jamil begin an unlikely friendship.

A film by Ifeoma Nkiruka CHUKWUOGO

Nigeria, 2017, fiction, 21min, Short | Drama

Stars: Halima Olarewaju, Tunde Azeez, Tina Mba



Country: Nigeria
Language: Creoles and pidgins
Runtime: 21 min
Color: Color (HD)

Produced by
Ifeoma Nkiruka Chukwuogo
Ikenna Edmund Okah

Director: Ifeoma Nkiruka Chukwuogo
Writers: Ifeoma Nkiruka Chukwuogo, Ikenna Edmund Okah

Original Score by Ré Olunuga.
Additional music by Alex Zitto, Inferno.

Cinematography by
Ademola Soares

Film Editing by
Ifeoma Nkiruka Chukwuogo

CAST
Halima Olarewaju… Ese
Tunde Azeez… Jamil
Tina Mba… Madam Sugar
Lucy Ameh… Hanatu
Blessing Samuel… Tina
Gregory Ojefua… Soldier

Release Date: 23 February 2017 (Nigeria)

Budget: NGN 1,700,000 (estimated)

Production Company: Fizzy K Pictures