A few days ago, a friend of mine sent me a link to the trailer for a movie titled "The mirror boy”, it starred Genevieve Nnaji and Osita Iheme of the “aki” and “paw paw” fame, As soon as I saw that I was not too thrilled to watch the clip at all. As usual, I couldn’t sleep and decided out of boredom to just click and see what he was on about and I was pleasantly surprised.
It turns out the movie is not your regular run of the mill Nigerian movie.
The movie centers’ around 12 year old TIJANI (Edward Kagutuzi) who gets into a racial themed fight that sets in motion a chain of events which eventually convinces his mother, TEEMA (Genevieve Nnaji) that she has to take him to live with his aunt in the Gambia
On their arrival in Banjul, TIJANI encounters what he considers to be a simple apparition- a boy smiling at him in a mirror and vanishing afterwards.
However, seeing the same boy in a crowded street market the next day sets in motion a chain of events that culminates in him getting lost.
While the panic-stricken TEEMA struggles with the Police Force to find her son in an intriguing game of survival brinkmanship, TIJANI is left alone in the company of the enigmatic MIRROR BOY (Osita Iheme) who is only visible to him.
As a bruising spiritual rite of passage, the MIRROR BOY takes TIJANI on a magical journey through the dark belly of the forest.
After a series of edge-of-the-seat adventures in the forest, TIJANI emerges the next day, a bewildered boy; for whom the lines between reality and fantasy; between the physical and the spiritual have been forever blurred.
His arrival at a time of mourning for a small kingdom upsets the evil machinations of a desperate Queen who; threatened by his innocent presence; is not afraid wield her mysterious powers.
A cathartic climax helps TIJANI to unravel the mystery of the MIRROR BOY. It also provides him with a rather mystical explanation for the way his life has cascaded from the 13th of June towards this inter-twined fate with a father he has never met
A couple of things make me want to see this movie; the fact that its actually shot in a country we barely see on TV is a big plus, also it features Osita Iheme in a different role than the odd comedic roles has known for and I am excited to see how he pulls that off.
Another huge factor is the movie was done by OH films. The studios produced movies like Malachi; a movie about a 7 year old boy who despite suffering from sickle cell anemia tries to re unite his separated parents by filming a documentary, and the preacher's son; a musical documentary about Grammy award winning producer PJ Morton.
"The mirror boy" is set to premiere in the Uk at the 1,330 capacity Empire Cinema, Leicester square on February 24,2011.
The movie is a great opportunity to showcase the African culture, however I have no idea if or when this movie would come to America but I am sure I would get it "somehow" *wink*
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