After weeks of planning, The Entertainment
Network, producers of one of Nigeria’s most
anticipated flick, Road to Yesterday,
announced that the movie will be released
in all Nigerian cinemas on November 27.
Directed by Ishaya Bako, Road to Yesterday
stars the Award-winning actress, Genevieve
Nnaji, and introduces Nigerian-British actor,
Oris Erhuerho.
Majid Michel, Chioma ‘Chigul’ Omeruah and
veteran Ebele Okaro lead the supporting
cast.
Set in Lagos, Nigeria, the movie has been
described as an epic love story.
It tells the story of a couple desperate to
mend its marriage on a road trip to a
relative’s funeral.
However, when memories and secrets from
the past are revealed, a lot more is at stake
than their relationship.
Star actress and producer of the flick,
Genevieve Nnaji, plays the role of Victoria
Izu, the conflicted wife and mother.
She talks about her role in the movie: “It
was very challenging.
“I played the role of Victoria, a lady who is
in an estranged relationship and she had to
fight.
“As a woman, it is her responsibility to fight
to keep her marriage together.
“All of this happened on a road trip because
they embarked on a journey to the village.
“Just being in that little space with her
husband, they are both confronted with
answers and questions that they had to face.
“This forces them to go back in time to
unearth where the problem started and the
genesis of where they were and why they
were where they were as a couple,
considering they were only five years old in
the marriage.
“Victoria had to undergo series of
emotions.”
The Nigerian premiere of the flick is set for
November 18 in Lagos, Nigeria.
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