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Produced by Don OmopeIjeoma Agukoronye Screenplay by Tosin OtudekoKemi Adetiba Starring Adesua EtomiBanky WellingtonRichard Mofe DamijoSola SobowaleIretiola DoyleAlibaba AkporobomeZainab BalogunBeverly NayaEnyinna Nwigwe Music by Dr. Bayo AdepetunMichael "Truth" Ogunlade Initial release 16 December 2016 (Nigeria) Producers Don Omope, Zulumoke Onuekwusi, Ijeoma Agukoronye Screenplay Kemi Adetiba, Tosin Otudeko Music director Michael Ogunlade, Dr. Bayo Adepetun Cast Adesua Etomi, Banky W, Sola Sobowale, Ireti Doyle, Richard Mofe Damijo Similar The Arbitration, 93 Days, A Trip to Jamaica, '76, Fifty Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Wedding Party is a 2016 Nigerian romantic comedy drama film, directed by Kemi Adetiba that premiered on 8 September 2016 at TIFF Toronto and on 26 November 2016 at Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos. The film will be showing on cinemas in Nigeria from 16 December 2016.
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The wedding party trailer festival 2016
Plot
The Wedding party follows the shenanigans that go on during the planning of a wedding in Nigeria. Dunni, a 24 year old art gallery owner and only daughter of her parents, Engineer Bamidele and Mrs Tinuade Coker, is about to marry the love of her life, IT entrepreneur Dozie, the handsome son of Chief Felix and Lady Obianuju Onwuka. The couple took a vow of chastity and are looking forward to a ground -breaking first night together as a married couple. Between matchmaking attempts on the bridal train, a wedding planner on a mission to succeed, the unruly behaviour of some ‘village’ guests much to Tinuade’s horror, Dunni's uncertainty about her new husband's faithfulness during the time of their courtship, amidst colourful aso-ebi, eclectic music, small chops, and souvenir drama, we begin to wonder whether Dunni and Dozie will get through their wedding reception unscathed.
Cast
Production
The film is produced by ELFIKE Film Collective. Directed by Kemi Adetiba. The ELFIKE Film Collective is a partnership of moviemakers in Nigeria: EbonyLife Films, FilmOne Distribution, Inkblot Productions and Koga Studios, respectively.
Release
The movie premiered in Toronto on 8 September 2016 at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
Critical reception
The Wedding Party has received favourable reviews from critics. According to Chidumga Izuzu of Pulse Nigeria, "It is distinctly a comedy movie that sets out to entertain. It doesn't try to be an action, thriller, crime, adventure film, a documentary or all at once. It doesn't set out to be deep and have you feeling 'intense'. It understands its chosen genre and it sticks to it".
Cinema Axis' Courtney Small stated, "The Wedding Party may not offer many surprises from a narrative standpoint, but there is no denying that the film is a pure crowd-pleaser. Generating many well-earned belly laughs, it is impossible to leave the film without a huge smile on one’s face."