Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) and Thandiwe Newton (Crash) star in this drama, a chronicle of family ties and...
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) and Thandiwe Newton (Crash) star in this drama, a chronicle of family ties and civil war. Set in Nigeria in the 1960s, two sisters return home after an English education as the violence of the Nigerian Civil War looms in the background. The feature debut from celebrated playwright Biyi Bandele.
Olanna (Newton) moves in with her politically-minded lover Odenigbo (Ejiofor) when she comes home to Nigeria, while her sister Kainene (Anika Noni Rose) falls for an Englishman studying the nation's arts. As Nigeria's independence becomes more than a subject of intellectual speculation and conflict erupts between different ethnic groups within the country, personal betrayals threaten to unravel familial and romantic ties.
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Half of a Yellow Sun | Details
- Rating
- M, Violence and sex scenes
- Runtime
- 111
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- Nigeria, UK