Nigeria, May 16 -- Cast: Bolaji Ogunmola, Femi Jacobs, Bimbo Akintola

Director: Great Valentine Edochie

Writer: Mannie Oisemaye

Producer: Bolaji Ogunmola, The Ogunmola Company

In the first scene of the movie Anjola, the titular character and her mother

(Bimbo Akintola) They are at a shanty, waiting to be seen by a spiritualist. This sets the tone for the rest of the movie. Anjola looks sombre, scared yet determined, while her mother looks worried, especially when the sound of her daughter being whipped rends the air.

At first glance, this appears to be yet another movie about a woman's quest for a child of her own, but it soon turns out to be so much more.

It is a torturous conversation between Folarin and his wife, Anjola. Between...