The Weekend (2024)

Directed by

Daniel Oriahi

Genre

drama, thriller

Country

Nigeria

Runtime

1h 57m

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman visits her boyfriend's family for a weekend getaway. Secrets and tensions soon surface among the relatives.

tensesuspensefulslow-burndarkclaustrophobicunsettlingfamily-dramamysterious

What happens

The Weekend is a 2024 Nigerian film written by Egbemawei Sammy, Vanessa Kanu, and Frederick O. Anyaegbunam, produced by Uche Okocha, and directed by Daniel Oriahi. The cast includes Uzoamaka Aniunoh, Bucci Franklin, Ekpenyong Bassey Inyang, Meg Otanwa, Gloria Anozie–Young, Damilola Ogunsi, James Gardiner and Bryan Okoye. Following its premiere at the Tribeca Festival in June 2024, the film was released to Nigerian cinemas on August 30th, 2024. The film is the first and only (so far) Nigerian film to have a premiere at the Tribeca Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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