Clarissa (2026)
Across a single day in Lagos, Nigeria, Clarissa prepares to host a high society party at her home, as her complicated past begins to consume her, in the form of now-distant friends and loves from her youth. Simultaneously, Septimus, a young soldier, is haunted by his own memories of the horrors he has witnessed and endured. As the perspectives traverse past and present, across the bourgeois class and those too easily forgotten by society, a delicate portrait of contemporary Nigeria emerges.
Directors:
Chuko Esiri, Arie Esiri.
Writer:
Chuko Esiri
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Sophie Okonedo as Clarissa |
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David Oyelowo as Peter |
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India Ria Amarteifio as Young Clarissa |
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Ayo Edebiri as Young Sally |
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Toheeb Jimoh as Young Peter |
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Nikki Amuka-Bird as Sally |
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Jude Akuwudike as Richard |
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Kehinde Cardoso as Young Ugo |
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Ogranya as Young Richard |
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Danny Sapani as Ugo |
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Fortune Nwafor as Septimus |
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Modesinuola Ogundiwin as Aisha |
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Chuks Joseph as Evans |
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Joke Silva as Lady Maryam |
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Joy Sunday as Comfort |
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Chioma Omeruah as Matilda |
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Yasmin Dankaro as Elizabeth |
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Timilehin Ojeola as Jamiu |
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Ovunda Ihunwo as Professor Idaro |
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Ego Boyo as Nneka |
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Eric Emeka as Israel |
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Norbert Young as Brigadier Lucy |
| Writing | Virginia Woolf | Novel |
| Directing | Chuko Esiri | Director |
| Directing | Arie Esiri | Director |
| Writing | Chuko Esiri | Screenplay |
| Production | Arie Esiri | Producer |
| Production | Chuko Esiri | Producer |
| Production | Sophie Okonedo | Executive Producer |
| Production | Theresa Park | Producer |
| Production | Nicholas Weinstock | Producer |
| Editing | Blair McClendon | Editor |
| Production | Nina Gold | Casting |
| Art | Hanrui Wang | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eniola Dawodu | Costume Design |
| Camera | Jonathan Bloom | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Ric Schnupp | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Tom Quinn | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jeff Deutchman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kate Gondwe | Executive Producer |
| Production | Nina Gold | Co-Producer |
| Production | Bola Belo | Co-Producer |
| Production | Thomas Bassett | Co-Producer |
| Production | Alison Cohen | Executive Producer |
| Production | Adekunle Adebiyi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hannah Tom | Co-Producer |
| Production | Bolaji Balogun | Executive Producer |
| Production | Candice Sanchez McFarlane | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jason Reif | Executive Producer |
| Production | Dolly Omodolapo Kola-Balogun | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Kelsey Lu | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Akin Adebowale | Title Designer |
| Camera | Chris Hayden | Focus Puller |
