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Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman

Inspired by true life events, in the Oyo Empire in the 1940's, Elesin Oba, the king's chief horseman, succumbs to the lure of beauty and sexual desire on the very evening he is set to die in order to fulfil his lifelong debt of ritual suicide to accompany the dead Alaafin to the realm of the ancestors, he derails from a very important generational and spiritual transaction. This sets in motion a series of catastrophic consequences, in a spell-binding film of emotions, humour, and tragic role reversals that puts ancient beliefs and customs on trial in an ever increasingly post-modern and Western world.

Top Cast

  • Odunlade Adekola

    Odunlade Adekola

    Elesin

  • Shaffy Bello

    Shaffy Bello

    Iyaloja

  • Olawale-Brymo Olofooro

    Olawale-Brymo Olofooro

    Praise Singer

  • Deyemi Okanlawon

    Deyemi Okanlawon

    Olunde

  • Omowunmi Dada

    Omowunmi Dada

    Bride

  • Jide Kosoko

    Jide Kosoko

    Sergeant Amusa

  • Mark Elderkin

    Mark Elderkin

    Simon

  • Jenny Stead

    Jenny Stead

    Jane

  • Langley Kirkwood

    Langley Kirkwood

    Resident

Overview

Inspired by true life events, in the Oyo Empire in the 1940's, Elesin Oba, the king's chief horseman, succumbs to the lure of beauty and sexual desire on the very evening he is set to die in order to fulfil his lifelong debt of ritual suicide to accompany the dead Alaafin to the realm of the ancestors, he derails from a very important generational and spiritual transaction. This sets in motion a series of catastrophic consequences, in a spell-binding film of emotions, humour, and tragic role reversals that puts ancient beliefs and customs on trial in an ever increasingly post-modern and Western world.

Rating

6.2 / 10
22 Reviews
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