Temi Otedola - Citation.
Director: Kunle Afolayan
Written by Tunde Babalola
Cast
Jimmy Jean-Louis as Prof. Lucien N'Dyare
Temi Otedola as Moremi
Bukunmi Oluwashina as Uzoamaka
Adjetey Anang as Kwesi
Joke Silva as Angela
Ini Edo as Gloria
Ibukun Awosika as herself
Ropo Ewenla as Dr. Grillo
Gbubemi Ejeye as Rachel
Yomi Fash-Lanso as Lucien Legal Rep.
Gabriel Afolayan as Koyejo
Oyewole Olowomojuore as Prof. Osagye
Sadiq Daba as Prof. Yahaya
Samantha Okanlawon
Bienvenu Neba as Dr. Sembene
Toyin Bifarin Ogundeji as Dr. Mrs. Nwosu
Citation is a decent movie about an intelligent young Master’s student, Moremi, played for Temi Otedola, who speaks out after a university don, Lucien N’Dyare (Jimmy Jean-Louis), attempts to rape her and her many attempts to break free from the web of lies spun by the main character, Jimmy Jean-Louis.
The story begins with a phone conversation scene between an undergraduate and her lecturer, a university don, who is offering her good grades in exchange for sex. Familiar story right? She sets a trap for him and he falls headlong. The result is a public disgrace, jungle justice, and ultimately, he (the professor) being hit by an oncoming car while trying to escape an angry mob.
After the prologue (above) which is set in the picturesque Obafemi Awolowo University campus, the story picks up in the present day with Moremi (Temi Otedola) a naive but brilliant Master’s student in the same university.
Temi, plays Moremi, a naive student whose initial feelings for her lecturer are not quite established at first, not until the film progresses. From innocently teaching her sly lecturer how to drive a manual car (unbeknownst to her, he’s a pro at it) to going on long ‘innocent’ walks with him, sparks flew in no time.
Critics may argue that those scenes are not really necessary but they help give some context as to what is to come in the movie.
So easily, it is hard to think of Prof N’Dyare as a bad guy at first because his real colour was kept under wraps for a long time. Incensed at being ill-treated by the trendy university don, Moremi drags him before the University Senate. The ensuing intrigues define Moremi’s words against that of the respected academic, in a male-dominated terrain.
In any event, Moremi suffers the anxiety of not being believed by the panel when Prof. N’Dyare, who is obviously more street smart, manages to convince the panel, at first, that he was the victim of sexual harassment.
Release date
October 31, 2020 (Lagos)
November 6, 2020
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