Talented Nollywood actress and Brand Ambassador, Funke Akindele-Oloyede
returns in the romantic comedy ‘A Wish’, directed and produced by
award-winning actor and filmmaker Elvis Chucks.
The talented actress has starred in two blockbusters, ‘The Return of
Jenifa’, which has been the highest grossing movie of all time, making
N35m at the cinema, and in ‘Maami’, a movie produced by highly respected
filmmaker Tunde Kelani, which also recorded N19m.
Funke Akindele returns as a banker that falls in love with an average
man who later jilts her after discovering she has been diagnosed with
cancer.
‘A Wish’ is a hilarious comedy, featuring Chris Okagbue (Gulder
Ultimate Search 8 winner), Helen Paul (Tatafo), Bishop Imeh, Kola
Olaiya, Iyke Ogbonna and Clara Iweh.
The producer, Elvis Chucks, once took part in the award-winning
family sitcom, ‘Super Story’, and also starred in several Nollywood
movies before going into filmmaking. He has two movies under his belt as
a filmmaker: ‘True Citizens’ with Uti Nwachukwu, and ‘Victims of the
Society’, an advocacy flick with veteran actress Joke Silva. ‘True
Citizens’ and ‘Victims of the Society’ have both been nominated for
several awards in Abuja, Durban and Los Angeles, U.S.
The movie is supported by Close up, Lifebuoy, Blue Band, Genevieve,
Unilever, Lipton, Onga, Cool FM, Wazobia FM, Nigeria Info FM and OMO.
The movie is scheduled to premiere on Saturday, December 1, 2012.
A sneak-peek into the story: a single mother, who is a petty
trader with no opportunity of education, has one wish: to see her child
go to school and explore the opportunities she never had. But fate
strucks, and she had to struggle to achieve her dreams against all odds…
Finding out she has a few years to live after being diagnosed of
cancer.
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