A Place Called Happy

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A Place Called Happy
Movie poster for A Place Called Happy.jpg
Directed byD. A. Lowladee
StarringBlossom Chukwujekwu
Sika Osei
Kiki Omeili
Mawuli Gavor
Deyemi Okanlawon
Omowunmi Dada
Release date
  • 2015 (2015)
Running time
60 minutes
Countries
  • Nigeria
  • Ghana
LanguageEnglish

A Place Called Happy is a Nollywood movie produced, directed and written by Dolapo Adeleke. It tells a story of two couples from Ghana and Nigeria respectively of which these couples have had some challenging times of the past years. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "A Place Called Happy | Nollywood REinvented". Nollywood REinvented. 2015-04-11. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
  2. Nolly HeartBeat - NIGERIAN MOVIES 2018 (2017-10-10), A Place Called Happy - Shirley Igwe | 2017 Latest Nigerian Movies Nollywood Movies 2017 , retrieved 2018-11-18{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)