The Women is a 2017 Nigerian drama thriller film directed and produced by Blessing Effiom Egbe.[1][2] The film stars Omoni Oboli, Katherine Obiang, Ufuoma McDermott, and Kate Henshaw-Nuttal with Gregory Ojefua, Lilian Afegbai, Roxy Antak and Femi Branch in supporting roles.[3] The film is about four female middle aged friends. They bare many secrets about each other and respective marriages.[4] One day they congregate in a resort one weekend on the occasion of one of their birthdays and expressed their secretive lives.[5][6][7]

The Women
Directed byBlessing Effiom Egbe
Written byBlessing Effiom Egbe
Produced byBlessing Effiom Egbe
StarringOmoni Oboli
Katherine Obiang
Ufuoma McDermott
Kate Henshaw-Nuttal
Gregory Ojefua
Lilian Afegbai
Femi Branch
CinematographyAbdullah Yusuf
Edited byVictoria Akujobi
Production
company
BConcept Network Productions
Distributed byBConcept Network Productions
Release date
  • 29 September 2017 (2017-09-29)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryNigeria
LanguageEnglish

The film premiered on 29 September 2017.[8][9] The film received positive reviews from critics and screened worldwide.[10][11][12]

Cast

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Year Award Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
2017 Best of Nollywood Awards Best Actress in a Lead role –English Ufuoma McDermott Nominated [13]
Best Supporting Actress –English Kate Henshaw/Omoni Oboli/Kathrine Obiang Won
Movie with the Best Screenplay The Women Won
Movie with the Best Editing Nominated
Best Use of Nigerian Costume in a Movie Nominated
Director of the Year Blessing Egbe Nominated
Best Kiss in A Movie Ufuoma McDemott/Kalu Ikeagu Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "Blessing Egbe speaks on her new movie 'The Women'". Vanguard News. 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  2. ^ "Excitement as Egbe releases 'The Women'". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2017-10-04. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  3. ^ "Kate Henshaw, Omoni Oboli, Femi Branch star in Blessing Egbe's new movie". Pulse Nigeria. 2017-02-03. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  4. ^ BellaNaija.com (2019-06-08). "#BNMovieFeature: WATCH Kate Henshaw, Omoni Oboli, Ufuoma Mcdermott, Katherine Obiang in "The Women"". BellaNaija. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  5. ^ nollywoodreinvented (2019-06-03). "The Women". Nollywood Reinvented. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  6. ^ "Blessing Egbe set to release female-led flick, 'The Women'". TheCable Lifestyle. 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  7. ^ "Blessing Egbe hits the cinemas with Omoni Oboli, Kate Henshaw in 'The Women' -". The Eagle Online. 2017-09-28. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  8. ^ "Blessing Egbe hits the cinemas with Omoni Oboli, Kate Henshaw in "The Women."". promptnewsonline.com. 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  9. ^ Rejoice. "3 things we liked & disliked about Blessing Egbe's "The Women"!". xplorenollywood.com. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  10. ^ "Blessing Egbe's "The Women" is funny and consistently entertaining". Pulse Nigeria. 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  11. ^ "Blessing Egbe's The Women lands in cinemas". The Sun Nigeria. 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  12. ^ "Film Review: Blessing Egbe's The Women is 'Fifty', but a lot less classy » YNaija". YNaija. 2017-10-09. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  13. ^ "BON Awards 2017: Kannywood's Ali Nuhu receives Special Recognition Award". Daily Trust. 2017-11-23. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
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