Citation – The climb to movie stardom is usually arduous. Oftentimes, artistes bleed blood, sweat and tears on their journey to becoming celebrities. Suffering is not usually a virtue. A few exceptional artistes by virtue of their talents have had to dodge the thorny path to fame.
The performance of Temi, one of the daughters of billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, in Kunle Afolayan’s latest movie, Citation puts her in the league of the few artistes who shoot straight to stardom from the starting line.
‘Citation’ was the debut movie appearance of the fashion and lifestyle blogger and surprisingly she effortlessly melts into her role.
The way she mastered her line and body language, it was almost impossible to tell she is a newbie – clearly, she took time off the screen to perfect her craft before announcing her entry.
Maybe her performance should not have surprised many like it did, if one considers that her other sisters – DJ Cuppy and Tolani – are talented creatives themselves.
Also deserving of a huge thumb-up is Mr Afolayan, whose gamble to cast a rookie in a leading role of such a huge project has, without a doubt, paid off exceptionally.
‘Citation’ is now the number six movie in the world on NETFLIX.
Also cast in a leading role is Haitian-American actor, Jimmy Jean-Louis, who previously starred in Afolayan’s ‘The Ceo’. The movie also boasts a supporting-cast talent such as Bukunmi Oluwashina, Adjetey Anang,Joke Silva, Sadiq Daba and many others.
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The movie addresses the issue of sex-for-grades which is prevalent in Nigerian higher institutions and these days, in secondary schools too.
Plot
‘Citation is a decent movie about an intelligent young Master’s student, Moremi, played for Temi Otedola, who speaks out after a university don, Lucien N’Dyare (Jimmy Jean-Louis), attempts to rape her and her many attempts to break free from the web of lies spun by the main character, Jimmy Jean-Louis.
The story begins with a phone conversation scene between an undergraduate and her lecturer, a university don, who is offering her good grades in exchange for sex. Familiar story right?
She sets a trap for him and he falls headlong. The result is a public disgrace, jungle justice, and ultimately, he (the professor) being hit by an oncoming car while trying to escape an angry mob.
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After the prologue (above) which is set in the picturesque Obafemi Awolowo University campus, the story picks up in the present day with Moremi (Temi Otedola) a naive but brilliant Master’s student in the same university.
Temi, plays Moremi, a naive student whose initial feelings for her lecturer are not quite established at first, not until the film progresses. From innocently teaching her sly lecturer how to drive a manual car (unbeknownst to her, he’s a pro at it) to going on long ‘innocent’ walks with him, sparks flew in no time.
Critics may argue that those scenes are not really necessary but they help give some context as to what is to come in the movie.
So easily, it is hard to think of Prof N’Dyare as a bad guy at first because his real colour was kept under wraps for a long time. Incensed at being ill-treated by the trendy university don, Moremi drags him before the University Senate. The ensuing intrigues define Moremi’s words against that of the respected academic, in a male-dominated terrain.
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