The Women (2017 film)

2017 Nigerian drama thriller film

The Women

Directed by| Blessing Effiom Egbe
Written by| Blessing Effiom Egbe
Produced by| Blessing Effiom Egbe
Starring| Omoni Oboli
Katherine Obiang
Ufuoma McDermott
Kate Henshaw-Nuttal
Gregory Ojefua
Lilian Afegbai
Femi Branch
Cinematography| Abdullah Yusuf
Edited by| Victoria Akujobi

Production
company

BConcept Network Productions

Distributed by| BConcept Network Productions

Release date

* 29 September 2017 (2017-09-29)

Running time

| 125 minutes
Country| Nigeria
Language| English

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 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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* Omoni Oboli as Teni Michaels
* Katherine Obiang as Rose Oyedeji
* Ufuoma McDermott as Omoh Oghene
* Kate Henshaw-Nuttal as Ene Enweuzo
* Gregory Ojefua as Chubi Enweuzo
* Lilian Afegbai as Esi
* Roxy Antak as John
* Femi Branch as Ayo Oyedeji
* Kalu Ikeagwu as Bels Michaels
* Anthony Monjaro as Maro Oghene
* Rita Dominic
* Peters Ijagbemi as Account Officer
* Unity Nathan as Gift
* Deji Omogbehin as Doctor
* Tobias Pious as Bellman
* Nene Peters Thomas as Manager
* Tomi Adeoye as Attendant
* Glory Ugbodaga as Sales Girl
* Tony Undie as Bellman

Year  | Award  | Category  | Recipient(s)  | Result  | Ref.

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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.

## External links

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* The Women at IMDb

*[Ref.]: References