The Lost Café

The Lost Café is a 2018 Nigerian drama film directed by Kenneth Gyang and produced by Regina Idu Udalor.[1][2] The film stars Tunde Aladese and Anders Lidin Hansen with Jenny Bonden, Tayo Citadel, and Anita Daniels in supporting roles.[3][4] The film tells the story about a Nigerian graduate student who moved to Norway to study to become a film director, where she met an elderly man with secrets.[5][6]

The Lost Café
Directed byKenneth Gyang
Written byIfesinachi Okoli-Okpagu
Regina Idu Udalor
Story byEmil Garuba
Produced byRegina Idu Udalor
StarringTunde Aladese
Anders Lidin Hansen
Jenny Bonden
Tayo Citadel
Anita Daniels
CinematographyBaba Agba
Ifeanyi Iloduba
Edited byJohnson E. Awolola
Production
companies
Cinema Kpatakpata
New Dawn Entertainment
Peridot Entertainment
Distributed byJuno Films
Release date
  • 30 July 2018 (2018-07-30)
Running time
96 minutes
CountriesNigeria
Norway
LanguagesEnglish
Norwegian

The film was released through Netflix on 31 July 2020 which is the Netflix debut for Regina Udalor.[7] The film received mostly positive critics acclaim and screened worldwide. In 2018 at the Africa Movie Academy Awards, the film was nominated for seven awards: Achievement in Screenplay, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Director, Best Film, Best Nigerian Film, Achievement in Cinematography and Achievement in Sound.[8]

Cast
  • Tunde Aladese as Ose
  • Anders Lidin Hansen as Eirik
  • Jenny Bonden as Sunniva
  • Tayo Citadel as Young Thorkell
  • Anita Daniels as Dora
  • Silje Drengsrud as Lene
  • Belinda Effah as Efe
  • Ingrid Lill Høgtun as Sunniva's Mother
  • Torbjørn Jensen as Coffee Shop Owner / Librarian
  • Terje Bruun Lien as Old Man Thorkell (as Terje Lien)
  • Marianne Lindbeck as Young Thorkell's Girlfriend
  • Anne Njemanze as Ose's Mother
  • Carla Nyquist as Lecturer
  • Thorkell August Ottarsson as Hod
  • Omatta Udalor as Hakeem

References
  1. "Photos From "The Lost Cafe" Movie Screening". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  2. "The Lost Café". Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  3. Filmstarts. "The Lost Café" (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  4. "The Lost Café: Netflix". www.netflix.com. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  5. BellaNaija.com (2021-07-31). "Nigerian-Norwegian film "The Lost Café" is Now on Netflix". BellaNaija. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  6. Esene, Isime (2017-01-25). "The Film Blog: We don't know how we feel about Kenneth Gyang's 'The Lost Café' » YNaija". YNaija. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  7. "Nigeria-Norway Co-production 'The Lost Café' Comes to Netflix". THISDAYLIVE. 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  8. "The Lost Café (2018) awards & festivals on MUBI". mubi.com. Retrieved 2021-10-03.


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