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| Bíìjà | |
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| Directed by | Silver Somayina |
| Written by | Ngutor Laazis Farzad Alfa |
| Screenplay by | Guillermo Adesanya Ndidi Dike |
| Produced by | Chioma Asiegbu Ezekiel Amaka |
| Starring | Marco Smith Amachea Jaja Ayotunde Oyo Tari Fasingha |
| Cinematography | Abba Indimi |
| Edited by | Lou Emeke |
| Music by | Carl Singh |
Production company | Sunrise Films |
| Distributed by | North Bahia Film Company |
Release dates |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | Tiwura |
| Language | Estmerish |
Bíìjà is a 2023 Tiwuran epic historical action film directed by Silver Samoyina and produced by Sunrise Films. The film is currently set to be the most expensive film in Tiwuran film history, surpassing the previous record held by the 2007 film The Brotherhood. Bíìjà takes place in the historic event known as the dikebilie, to which the film primarily uses the Zamga Codex story as its inspiration as well as the Gundaya tale of Ogun Jagunjagun, one of the most popular oral traditions passed down regarding the dikebilie. The plot centers around the semi-historical warrior king and eponymous protagonist Bíìjà. The film follows the perspective of Bíìjà from his childhood and his adult life as one of the warriors of the Kingdom of Adilun and eventually his role in the war between the warriors and the rulers.
The film is set to premier at the 84th Montecara Film Festival.
Plot
The movie begins with a brief explanatory prologue about the Kingdom of Adilun and how it was able to defeat Zamga Empire and unite an empire. The scene then flashes foward through images of different kings on the throne, and in each flash more and more gold accumulates by his side until it stops at King Toyin (Ayotunde Oyo). Toyin is cleaning his sword of blood and admiring the gold reflected behind him as the blood wipes away. He in interrupted by an advisor, who tells him that another village in the south had been overrun by rebellious forces. Toyin, panicked as it this news became more common, left the walled city to speak with Kitu the Oracle (Kofoworola Momodu). He demands Kitu to give him an answer as to the fate of the empire. Kitu, after performing a ritual, then tells him that "the empire's fate is sealed, and the lands of your rule and rule of your vassals will soon be under the rule of the sword and smoke." Toyin returns back to his palace, pondering what the oracle was meaning by her statement.
The scene then shifts towards a battleground, with houses burning in the background and screaming filling the air. Here Bíìjà (Marco Smith) is leading a group of soldiers in a raid on a Sira village. Bíìjà and his fellow men pillage all the valuables they could find and also search for the village's Oba, who had been disloyal to Toyin. Bíìjà's second-in-command, Alagbato (Tari Fasingha), finds the leader and hands him over to Bíìjà, who kills him and then the scene cuts to a short montage of the warriors returning to Adilun. Here Toyin sees the celebration as they return and the cheers that Bíìjà and the warriors recieve, and he comes to the epiphany that the oracle meant a warrior, and Toyin believed this to be Bíìjà as he was one of the most successful and popular of the warriors.
Cast
- Marco Smith as Bíìjà, a high-ranking member of the warrior caste who had been banished by his king for suspicion that he was plotting a revolt.
- Amachea Jaja as Binẹwa, a wealthy woman who is the daughter of another warrior but had been imprisoned due to her proximity to the warrior caste.
- Ayotunde Oyo as King Toyin, ruler of the Adilun Kingdom who had become suspicious of the warrior caste and worried that the rumored uprisings across the empire may soon reach the central city of Adilun.
- Tari Fasingha as Alagbato, a fellow warrior banished alongside Bíìjà, cousin of Binẹwa.
- Eze Chidike as The Chi, Bíìjà's guardian spirit who has come to guide him on his path and protect him from spirits that wish to do him harm.
- Theophilus Greene as Ndịda, a Mwo warrior king(agheze) who helps convince Bíìjà and his fellow soldiers to revolt against Toyin.
- Kofoworola Momodu as Kitu the Oracle, Toyin's spiritual advisor.
- Ozioma Ihejirika as Young Bíìjà, Bíìjà as a child.