10 Days in Sun City

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10 days in Sun City
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byAdze Ugah
Produced byDarlington Abuda
Starring
Production
company
Corporate World Entertainment
Distributed bySilverbird Distributions
Release date
  • 17 June 2017 (2017-06-17)(Nigeria)
CountryNigeria
LanguageEnglish
Box office₦176.7 million [1]

10 days in Sun City is a 2017 Nigerian romantic action comedy film which premiered on 17 June 2017. [2] [3] [4] It is executively produced by AY Makun, who is also a lead character in the film. [5] It is directed by Adze Ugah, written by Kehinde Ogunlola and produced by Darlington Abuda. [4] [6] The film is the third installment in the Akpos Adventure franchise and was shot at locations in Lagos and Johannesburg, South Africa. [2]

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The film tells the story of an aspiring beauty queen who was brought to stardom, and in the process, had to pay the price of losing her peace and joy by denouncing her fiancé, who happened to be her manager as well. She was on the verge of being enslaved by her God Father when he got dealt with by some of the people he had deprived of benefits in the past. It explains that true love conquers all, irrespective of barriers or challenges encountered. [6]

Cast

Awards

YearAwardCategoryResultRef
2018 Best of Nollywood Awards Best Comedy of the YearNominated [7]
Movie with the Best CinematographyWon

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