Áfàméfùnà: A Lush Serve with Nearly Unsuspecting Paternity Fraud Therein - Bababo Ikuemonisan

Today, despite my tight schedules, I saw couple of local and foreign films. #Afamefuna was one of them.

#Áfàméfùnà is a great story and lush serve and with it, Kayode Kasum further solidifies his directing mastery.

I don't know why everyone is screaming Stan Nze alone. Alex Ekubo did an exceptional work too. Kanayo. O. Kanayo had to stay less his range. Still, he delivered masterful acting. Segun Arinze was exceptional too. Calmly so. Atlanta Bridget, the belle like Sidi of Wole Soyinka's Lion and the Jewel is indeed a jewel. Her acting is soft yet elegant. Such a slimy sweet heart. In fact, slim girls are the hottest. Paulo and Áfàméfùnà are able to exert soft romantic control over her with little or no effort. How she graces Paulo's bed with majestic innocent yet alluring charm is something flirty babes need to study. She hurt my feelings the moment she subtly agree to be Áfàméfùnà's wife. Like, she even added sex as a perfect parting gift and does it without bug. Haaa, obinrin! Amaka knows what she is doing. She's creating a rift and an unsuspecting paternity fraud. I know you didn't observe that. But I can bet the writers and producers were deliberate. That element is a currency and how Áfàméfùnà is deeply in love, blinded by her elegance and sweetness to the point of trusting Amaka is what I couldn't fathom. Imagine, a man who loves like this would come and scream paternity fraud tomorrow? Where is his brain? Anyways, you snatched her from the sharpest of the boys. Of course, you struck a thing the moment you set eyes on her, but you didn't make a move. That perfectly establishes her as Paulo's. Fortunately, only a woman can decides who to love and stay loyal to.

The Producers didn't just show us, Amaka has her kpekus (vagina) with Paulo and her heart with the tender, Áfàméfùnà. If not for death, banging within marriage could be happening at the other house. Well, we aren't obsessed with sex. But sure, as a people we appreciate tasteful sex scenes. The sex scenes were beautiful only when you imagined them in your head. But, you see that Alex Ekubo on Atlanta Bridget and his hitting and subsequent standing up like learner. Haaa! Very annoying. Alex is sweet nah. Who pursue am comot under that duvet?

Anyways, does the story mirror the entrepreneurial life of the Igbos? It did on a surface level. Sadly, it didn't mirror that life holistically. Hence, I will rather call it a love story than a portraiture of the boy-boy/entrepreneurial servanthood/stewardship and rewardship of the Igbos. Interestingly, it leaves room for someone else to make a finer attempt and that's one beautiful thing about art. It's inexhaustible.

Was it a great story? It's a sumptuous serve. It's beautiful and they deserve applaud for the kind of story they choose to tell.

Moreover, there's a psychology or should I say, a motivation behind every story told. You can't decide how a writer or a filmmaker tells his/her story. Let everyone tells own story with the best approach deemed. That's the ingenuity therein.

Language: The ability of the actors to switch from English to Igbo is commendable. This feat is common in Yoruba films. We have seen and continue to witness the dexterity of Yoruba breed actors switching superlatively from Yoruba to English. Kayode Kasum has set the pace with #Afamefuna for Igbo Actors and Producers. 

NB: I don't know if it was deliberate. But the camera movements/angles and editing for the first half were not so great. For a film of such calibre. I expected finisse like the second half. Despite this flaws, #Afamefuna is top-notch.

On a scale of 10, I rate Áfàméfùnà 8/10.