Living in Bondage
| Living in Bondage | |
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| Directed by | Chris Obi Rapu |
| Produced by | Okechukwu Ogunjiofor |
| Written by | Kenneth Nnebue Okechukwu Ogunjiofor |
| Starring |
Kanayo O. Kanayo Francis Agu Okechukwu Ogunjiofor,Kenneth Okonkwo |
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163 min |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Language | Igbo |
Living in bondage is a 1992 Nigerian drama thriller film directed by Chris Obi Rapu, written by Kenneth Nnebue & Okechukwu Ogunjiofor and produced by Okechukwu Ogunjiofor. The film was shot straight-to-video and stars African Movie Academy Award winner Kanayo O. Kanayo, Nollywood actors Francis Agu, Okechukwu Ogunjiofor and a host of others.
Andy Okeke is an educated upstart in Lagos trying to work his way up to wealth. He is married to a beautiful, virtuous and honest woman by the name of Merrit. At the beginning of the film, Andy laments his lack of fortune compared to his peers, but Merrit reminds him that he still has his integrity (as he, for example, would never stoop as low as to sell drugs to earn money), and most importantly, he still has her: the perfect wife, with whom he is happy. Merrit has a paying office job, but is forced to quit after her boss sexually assaults her. In an unfortunate turn of events, Andy simultaneously wastes his and Merrit’s savings on an investment deal offered by a shady friend, and is subsequently left broke. Driven to near-desperation, Andy is finally seduced by his slick-talking, rich friend Paul, who offers to let Andy in on the secret to Paul’s success. The “secret” turns out to be a satanic cult, wherein members swear their loyalty to Lucifer and kill their loved ones in ritualized sacrifices in order to gain the wealth they had always dreamed of. After much hesitation, Andy eventually agrees to sacrifice the one he loves the most - his wife, Merrit - and reluctantly brings her to the cult. Following her death, he indeed earns the riches he wanted so badly - but his family mistrusts him and accuses him of murdering Merrit, his health becomes shaky, his second wife Ego runs off after he faints at their wedding, and most vitally: the ghost of Merrit starts haunting and terrorizing him, which leads to embarrassing situations that disgrace Andy. Exhausted, he asks the satanic cult for help - but when they insist Andy can only truly give Merrit’s spirit rest by blinding and castrating himself, he runs again and starts to live as a bum under a bridge. In the film’s closing moments, he is “saved” from himself by a group of singing Evangelical Christians, who drag him into their church and finally goade him into confessing to Merrit’s murder, telling him that God will forgive him.
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