Half of a Yellow Sun (film)
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| Directed by | Biyi Bandele |
| Produced by |
Andrea Calderwood Gail Egan |
| Screenplay by | Biyi Bandele |
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Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
| Starring |
Chiwetel Ejiofor Thandie Newton Onyeka Onwenu Anika Noni Rose Genevieve Nnaji OC Ukeje John Boyega |
| Music by | Ben Onono Paul Thomson |
| Cinematography | John de Borman |
| Edited by | Chris Gill |
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| Distributed by | Metro International Leap Frog Films FilmOne Distribution Monterey Media Inc. |
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111 minutes |
| Country | Nigeria United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ₦1.3 - 1.6 billion (US$8 - 10 million) |
| Box office | ₦340 million (US$2.1 million) |
Half of a Yellow Sun is a 2013 Nigerian historical fiction drama film directed by Biyi Bandele and based on the novel of the same name by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The film is a love story that follows two sisters who are caught up in the outbreak of the Nigerian Civil War.
It stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Onyeka Onwenu, Anika Noni Rose, Genevieve Nnaji, OC Ukeje and John Boyega. The film premiered in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
During the mid-to-late sixties, twin sisters Olanna (Thandie Newton) and Kainene (Anika Noni Rose) return to Nigeria after their education in England, they make decisions that shock their family. Olanna moves in with her lover, the ‘revolutionary professor’ Odenigbo (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and his houseboy Ugwu (John Boyega) while Kainene takes over the family interests and pursues a career as a businesswoman, falling in love with Richard (Joseph Mawle), an English writer. As the Igbo people struggle to establish Biafra as an independent republic, the sisters attention now shifts to the brutal violence unfolding in the Nigerian Civil War
Half of a Yellow Sun was shot across five weeks in Tinapa Studio, Calabar and Creek Town, Nigeria. Bandele lists malaria and typhoid as one of the major challenges of the shoot, with several members of the cast and crew becoming ill, including star Thandie Newton.
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