After viewing the superb You Will Die at 20 (2019-also reviewed) I decided to see what other films were in the Cinema of Africa section of the Borderlines Film Festival. With Desire being my favourite Dylan album, I got set to discover this desire.
View on the film:
Introducing the screening/stream by detailing how they filmed in 35MM, writer/co-directing brothers Chuko & Arie Esiri make their feature film debut with wonderful tracking shots going down the glazed in primary colours hues streets of Lagos.
Joined by cinematographer Arseni Khachaturan, the brothers brilliantly use the 35MM format to heighten the textured,colourful warmth which glows from the city as the Esiri's whip-pan towards Mofe (played with an enticing sincerity by Jude Akuwudike) dividing his time between working in a repair shop,and counting down the days until he can use his new passport.
Separated between Mofe and Rosa (an outstanding, disquieting debut performance by Temiloluwa Ami-Williams) the screenplay by Chuko Esiri gradually match each tale with a dream of turning their desires into reality via leaving Lagos for a brighter future abroad,but every attempt Rosa and Mofe make to escape the daily grind of life on the tough streets with ambitious,costly steps, each ends up taking them a step back from archiving their desires.
View on the film:
Introducing the screening/stream by detailing how they filmed in 35MM, writer/co-directing brothers Chuko & Arie Esiri make their feature film debut with wonderful tracking shots going down the glazed in primary colours hues streets of Lagos.
Joined by cinematographer Arseni Khachaturan, the brothers brilliantly use the 35MM format to heighten the textured,colourful warmth which glows from the city as the Esiri's whip-pan towards Mofe (played with an enticing sincerity by Jude Akuwudike) dividing his time between working in a repair shop,and counting down the days until he can use his new passport.
Separated between Mofe and Rosa (an outstanding, disquieting debut performance by Temiloluwa Ami-Williams) the screenplay by Chuko Esiri gradually match each tale with a dream of turning their desires into reality via leaving Lagos for a brighter future abroad,but every attempt Rosa and Mofe make to escape the daily grind of life on the tough streets with ambitious,costly steps, each ends up taking them a step back from archiving their desires.