Mokalik (Mechanic) (2019)
'Mokalik' follows the career of an 11-year-old boy, Ponmile, from the middle-class suburbs who spends the day as a lowly apprentice at a mechanic workshop in order to view life from the other side of the tracks - When his father arrives to take him home; Ponmile has to make up his mind if he wants to return to school or take on his apprenticeship full time.
- Date of release
- 2019-05-13
- TMDB
- 5.3 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Kunle Afolayan
Casting
- Femi Adebayo
- Halimat Adegbola
- Ayo Adesanya
- Faith Afolabi
- Darimisire Afolayan
- Tooni Afolayan
- Banke Akinterinwa
- Dayo Akinpelu
Interesting facts
Mokalik is a 2019 Nigerian Comedy film written by Tunde Babalola, produced and directed by Kunle Afolayan. The film stars Toni Afolayan and Femi Adebayo. Released on 31 May 2019, the film received positive reviews from critics. Mokalik was acquired by Netflix in July 2019, and was included as a part of the "Made in Africa" collection in May 2020.
Production
The filmmaker Kunle Afolayan cast his nephew Toni Afolayan in the main lead role who also eventually made his acting debut. Popular singer Simi also made her acting debut through this project and Tobi Bakre who participated in Big Brother Naija (season 3) also made his acting debut. The film was predominantly shot in a mechanical village and also in Agege and Lagos. The post-production works were done in Nigeria.
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