Clarissa
2026•2h 15m•Released
Drama
Across a single day in Lagos, Nigeria, Clarissa prepares to host a high society party at her home, as her complicated past begins to consume her, in the form of now-distant friends and loves from her youth. Simultaneously, Septimus, a young soldier, is haunted by his own memories of the horrors he has witnessed and endured. As the perspectives traverse past and present, across the bourgeois class and those too easily forgotten by society, a delicate portrait of contemporary Nigeria emerges.
Director
Chuko Esiri
Writer
Chuko Esiri
Budget
$5M
Languages
English
Studio
Per Capita Productions
Cast
Sophie Okonedo
Clarissa
David Oyelowo
Peter
India Ria Amarteifio
Young Clarissa
Ayo Edebiri
Young Sally
Toheeb Jimoh
Young Peter
Nikki Amuka-Bird
Sally
Jude Akuwudike
Richard
Kehinde Cardoso
Young Ugo
Ogranya
Young Richard
Danny Sapani
Ugo
Fortune Nwafor
Septimus
Modesinuola Ogundiwin
Aisha
Chuks Joseph
Evans
Joke Silva
Lady Maryam
Joy Sunday
Comfort
Production
Company
Per Capita Productions
Company
Invention Studios
Producer
Arie Esiri
Producer
Chuko Esiri
Producer
Theresa Park
Producer
Nicholas Weinstock
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