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| Directed by | Tade Ogidan |
| Written by | Tade Ogidan |
| Produced by | Tade Ogidan |
| Starring | Ramsey Nouah Stella Damasus-Aboderin Bimbo Akintola |
Production company | OGD Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 135 minutes |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Language | English |
Dangerous Twins is a 2004 Nigerian drama film written, produced and directed by Tade Ogidan.[1][2] The film, which stars Bimbo Akintola, Ramsey Nouah and Stella Damasus-Aboderin is a 135 minutes, three-part film that won the 1st Africa Movie Academy Awards for Best Special Effects.[3]
Ramsey Nouah played a dual role, as Taiye and Kenny in the film.[4]
Plot summary
[edit]The film narrates the story of identical twins, Taiye and Kehinde (Ramsey Nouah). Kehinde is based in Lagos with his wife, (Stella Damasus) and his three children, while Taiye is based in London. The agony of a marriage without children, after several years frustrates Taiye, who convinces Kehinde to trade places with him in order to impregnate his wife. However, more problems result.[5] Kehinde betrays his twin brother's trust and violence follows.[6][7]
Production
[edit]The film was produced in Nigeria by OGD Pictures Production but shot in a foreign context in multiple locations, including Nigeria, London, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium and United States of America.[8][9]
Cast
[edit]- Ramsey Nouah as Taiye / Kehinde
- Stella Damasus-Aboderin
- Bimbo Akintola
- Sola Asedeko
- Nobert Young
- Sola Sobowale
- Anna Fiertag as Marsha
- Danielle Moubarak as Judy
- Lanre Balogun
- Obiageli Molube
- Charles Ukpong
- Jason Welsh as Immigration Officer
References
[edit]- ^ Krings, Matthias; Okome, Onookome (27 May 2013). Global Nollywood. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0253009425.
- ^ Yenika-Agbaw, Vivian; Mhando, Lindah (21 January 2014). African Youth in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture. Routledge. ISBN 9781134624003.
- ^ "The Sun News On-line". sunnewsonline.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2006.
- ^ Durovicová, Nataša; Newman, Kathleen E. (10 September 2009). World Cinemas, Transnational Perspectives. Routledge. ISBN 9781135869984.
- ^ "7.30pm Friday 8 October: Dangerous Twins". nollywoodnow.co.uk.
- ^ Dixon, Wheeler Winston; Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey (31 August 2011). 21st-Century Hollywood. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813551982.
- ^ Clementina Olomu (14 May 2004). "Nigeria: The Magic of Dangerous Twins". allAfrica. This Day. Retrieved 17 January 2023. (Subscription required)
- ^ Lombardi-Diop, Cristina; Romeo, Caterina (6 December 2012). Postcolonial Italy. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137281456.
- ^ Isidore Okpewho; Nkiru Nzegwu (2009). The New African Diaspora. Indiana University Press. p. 403. ISBN 9780253003362.
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