Gold Statue (2021)
After tracing an artifact to his ancestry, a young man and his friend's search for a gilded statue lands them in a maximum-security prison.
- Date of release
- 2021-06-01
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 2h 25m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Tade Ogidan
Casting
- Motunrayo Adeyemi — Lola
- Kemi Afolabi — Capone's Wife
- Gabriel Afolayan — Wale
- Rychardo Agbor — Capone (as Rycardo Agbor)
- Agatha Amata — Professor
- Segun Arinze — Zonal Commander
- Kingsley Ariole — Aro (as Kingsley Arole)
- Judith Audu — Christie
- Bisola Aiyeola — Samira
- Lanre Bamgbose — D.I.G.
- Vanessa Brown-Ajise — Defense Counsel
- Jibola Dabo — Uncle Femi
Interesting facts
- Awards: 3 · Nominations: 2. Including: Best of Nollywood Awards; award for best leading actor; Director of the Year
Gold Statue is a 2019 Nigerian comedy adventure drama film produced, written and directed by Tade Ogidan. It stars Gabriel Afolayan and Kunle Remi in the lead roles. The film was released on 17 May 2019 and received positive reviews from critics. It was also nominated for the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Nigerian Film in 2019. The film also received some awards at film festivals.
Production
Tade Ogidan, filmmaker and CEO of OGD Pictures, returned to the film industry after an eight-year hiatus with this project. He revealed that Gold Statue was originally written in 1991 but could not be produced at the time due to financial constraints. The film also marked the first onscreen appearance of actors Richard Mofe-Damijo and Sola Sobowale as a couple in 21 years.
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