The Lost Café

2018 Nigerian drama film

  • 30 July 2018 (2018-07-30)
Running time
96 minutesCountriesNigeria
NorwayLanguagesEnglish
Norwegian

The Lost Café is a 2018 Nigerian drama film directed by Kenneth Gyang and produced by Regina Idu Udalor.[1][2] The film stars Tunde Aladese and Anders Lidin Hansen with Jenny Bonden, Tayo Citadel, and Anita Daniels in supporting roles.[3][4] The film tells the story about a Nigerian graduate student who moved to Norway to study to become a film director, where she met an elderly man with secrets.[5][6]

The film was released through Netflix on 31 July 2020 which is the Netflix debut for Regina Udalor.[7] The film received mostly positive critics acclaim and screened worldwide. In 2018 at the Africa Movie Academy Awards, the film was nominated for seven awards: Achievement in Screenplay, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Director, Best Film, Best Nigerian Film, Achievement in Cinematography and Achievement in Sound.[8]

Cast

  • Tunde Aladese as Ose
  • Anders Lidin Hansen as Eirik
  • Jenny Bonden as Sunniva
  • Tayo Citadel as Young Thorkell
  • Anita Daniels as Dora
  • Silje Drengsrud as Lene
  • Belinda Effah as Efe
  • Ingrid Lill Høgtun as Sunniva's Mother
  • Torbjørn Jensen as Coffee Shop Owner / Librarian
  • Terje Bruun Lien as Old Man Thorkell (as Terje Lien)
  • Marianne Lindbeck as Young Thorkell's Girlfriend
  • Anne Njemanze as Ose's Mother
  • Carla Nyquist as Lecturer
  • Thorkell August Ottarsson as Hod
  • Omatta Udalor as Hakeem

References

  1. ^ "Photos From "The Lost Cafe" Movie Screening". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  2. ^ "The Lost Café". Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  3. ^ Filmstarts. "The Lost Café" (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  4. ^ "The Lost Café: Netflix". www.netflix.com. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  5. ^ BellaNaija.com (2021-07-31). "Nigerian-Norwegian film "The Lost Café" is Now on Netflix". BellaNaija. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  6. ^ Esene, Isime (2017-01-25). "The Film Blog: We don't know how we feel about Kenneth Gyang's 'The Lost Café' » YNaija". YNaija. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  7. ^ "Nigeria-Norway Co-production 'The Lost Café' Comes to Netflix". THISDAYLIVE. 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  8. ^ "The Lost Café (2018) awards & festivals on MUBI". mubi.com. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
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