Adire (2023)
A retired sex worker on the run, moves to a small town and starts a lingerie-making business (made from her signature adire material) which inevitably empowers the conservative women. Only to anger the self instilled leader, the deaconess and wife to the preacher of the town's local church. She soon discovers the most unusual friendships and love in the unlikeliest of places. Her paradise is cut short by Captain, her former pimp whose money she stole to start a new life.
- Date of release
- 2023-09-03
- Runtime
- 2h 4m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Adeoluwa Owu
Casting
- Kehinde Bankole — Adire
- Funlola Aofiyebi — Folashade
- Femi Branch — Mide
- Yvonne Jegede — Shalewa
- Mike Afolarin
- Yemi Blaq
- Ibrahim Chatta — Tega
- Ifeanyi Kalu — Thomas
- Onyinye Odokoro
- Damilola Ogunsi — Ope
- Tomi Ojo — Simi
- Jack'enneth Opukeme — Tunde
Interesting facts
Adire is a 2023 Nigerian film directed by Adeoluwa Owu starring Kehinde Bankole, Femi Branch and Layi Wasabi. The movie has a runtime of two hours and three minutes and was released in cinemas across Nigeria on 3 November 2023. The movie was added to Netflix in January 2024, after a six-week run at the cinema which recorded a total gross of ₦31,061,100.
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