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Akinola Davies’ Debut ‘Un jour avec mon père’ Opens in Theaters

The semi-autobiographical drama rebuilds one day in Lagos through two children during Nigeria’s 1993 upheaval.

Overview

  • The British-Nigerian director releases his first feature after a recent BAFTA win raised his profile.
  • The story follows a father and his two sons on a single outing in Lagos as seen from the children’s eye level.
  • The film is constructed as a memory that keeps the director’s late father present despite his death when Davies was two.
  • Set in 1993, the family journey plays out against an election crisis that ends with a military coup in Nigeria.
  • Actor Sope Dirisu portrays the father as charismatic and sensitive without turning him into an idealized figure.