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Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman (2022) [N/A]

Release Date:
September 10, 2022

Original Title:
Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman

Alternate Titles:
Elesin Oba The King's Horseman
ทหารม้าของราชา
国王的侍从
国王的骑手

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
EbonyLife Films
EbonyLife Studios

Production Countries:
Nigeria

Ratings / Certifications:
FR: 12  GB: 15  PL: 16  RO: 15  SG: M18 

Runtime: 96

Overview from TheMovieDB

Inspired by true life events, in the Oyo Empire in the 1940's, Elesin Oba, the king's chief horseman, succumbs to the lure of beauty and sexual desire on the very evening he is set to die in order to fulfil his lifelong debt of ritual suicide to accompany the dead Alaafin to the realm of the ancestors, he derails from a very important generational and spiritual transaction. This sets in motion a series of catastrophic consequences, in a spell-binding film of emotions, humour, and tragic role reversals that puts ancient beliefs and customs on trial in an ever increasingly post-modern and Western world.

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Adaptation:
Biyi Bandele

Creative Producer:
Mo Abudu
Heidi Uys

Director:
Biyi Bandele

Director of Photography:
Lance Gewer

Editor:
Thomas Adetunji

Music:
Michael 'Truth' Ogunlade
Olawale-Brymo Olofooro

Original Music Composer:
Sir Peter Badejo Obe

Producer:
James Amuta
Judith Audu
Adeola Osunkojo
Quinty Pillay

Production Designer:
Surisa Surisa

Sound Designer:
Charlotte Buys
Michael 'Truth' Ogunlade

Sound Editor:
Kyle Gerhardt

Writer:
Wole Soyinka

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