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"They named a brandy after Napoleon, they made a herring out of Bismarck,and Hitler is going to end up as a piece of cheese."

 

 

Cannes @ Babylon: My Fathers Shadow [OmU] UK, NG, 2025, R: Akinola Davies Jr mit Sope Dirisu, Efon Wini, Chibuike Marvelous Egbo, 94 Min

A semi-autobiographical tale set over the course of a single day in the Nigerian capital Lagos during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis. The story follows a father, estranged from his two young sons, as they travel through the massive city while political unrest threatens their journey home.

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