The Lost Café
- 30 July 2018 (2018-07-30)
Norway
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
- ^ "Photos From "The Lost Cafe" Movie Screening". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
- ^ "The Lost Café". Retrieved 2021-10-03.
- ^ Filmstarts. "The Lost Café" (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-03.
- ^ "The Lost Café: Netflix". www.netflix.com. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
- ^ BellaNaija.com (2021-07-31). "Nigerian-Norwegian film "The Lost Café" is Now on Netflix". BellaNaija. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Nigeria-Norway Co-production 'The Lost Café' Comes to Netflix". THISDAYLIVE. 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
- ^ "The Lost Café (2018) awards & festivals on MUBI". mubi.com. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
External links
- The Lost Café at IMDb
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