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Adams Apples (2011)

Adams Apples poster
Original title
Adams Apples: The Family Ties
Directed by
Shirley Frimpong-Manso
Genre
drama film
Country
Ghana
Runtime
1h 30m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a Ghanaian film series about the Adams family, a widow and her three daughters. It shows how they handle their complicated family life, love affairs, personal secrets, lies, and regrets.

dramaticemotionalrelatablesoapyfamily-centeredslow-burnmelodramaticintimate

What happens

Adams Apples is a Ghanaian film series, starring Yvonne Okoro, Joselyn Dumas, John Dumelo, Naa Ashorkor Mensa-Doku, Anima Misa Amoah, Adjetey Anang, Helene Asante, SoulKnight Jazz, Jasmine Baroudi, Vincent McCauley, Roselyn Ngissah, Fred Kanebi. The series consists of ten drama feature films, known as "chapters", produced by Ken Attoh and directed by Shirley Frimpong-Manso. The film series follows the life of the Adams' family, which is made up of Doris Adams (Anima Misa Amoah), a widow of an ex-diplomat, and her three daughters; Baaba (Okoro), Jennifer (Dumas) and Kuukua (Mensah-Doku), showing how they deal with their complicated family, love lives, individual secrets, lies and regrets. A spin-off television drama series, with the same title premiered in February 2013, and has since started airing on DStv's Africa Magic; the television series is set a year after the tenth chapter of the film series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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