Abeni (2006)

Directed by

Tunde Kelani

Genre

romance film

Country

Nigeria, Benin

Runtime

1h 50m

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A love story unfolds across the border between Benin and Nigeria. The film shows how colonial history creates a social divide between two neighboring people.

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What happens

Abeni is a two-part 2007 Nigerian-Beninese romance film produced and directed by Tunde Kelani. It depicts the social divide that occurs as a result of colonialism despite the geographical proximity between Benin and Nigeria. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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