The Women (2017 film)

The Women
Directed by	Blessing Effiom Egbe
Written by	Blessing Effiom Egbe
Produced by	Blessing Effiom Egbe
Starring	Omoni Oboli Katherine Obiang Ufuoma McDermott Kate Henshaw-Nuttal Greg "Teddy Bear" Ojefua Lilian Afegbai Femi Branch
Cinematography	Abdullah Yusuf
Edited by	Victoria Akujobi
Production company	BConcept Network Productions
Distributed by	BConcept Network Productions
Release date	29 September 2017 (2017-09-29)
Running time	125 minutes
Country	Nigeria
Language	English

The Women is a 2017 Nigerian drama thriller film directed and produced by Blessing Effiom Egbe. ^{[1] [2]} The film stars Omoni Oboli, Katherine Obiang, Ufuoma McDermott, and Kate Henshaw-Nuttal with Gregory Ojefua, Lilian Afegbai, Roxy Antak and Femi Branch in supporting roles. ^[3] The film is about four female middle aged friends. They bare many secrets about each other and respective marriages. ^[4] One day they congregate in a resort one weekend on the occasion of one of their birthdays and expressed their secretive lives. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

The film premiered on 29 September 2017. ^{[8] [9]} The film received positive reviews from critics and screened worldwide. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

Cast

• Omoni Oboli as Teni Michaels
• Katherine Obiang as Rose Oyedeji
• Ufuoma McDermott as Omoh Oghene
• Kate Henshaw-Nuttal as Ene Enweuzo
• Greg "Teddy Bear" Ojefua as Chubi Enweuzo
• Lilian Afegbai as Esi
• Roxy Antak as John
• Femi Branch as Ayo Oyedeji
• Kalu Ikeagwu as Bels Michaels
• Anthony Monjaro as Maro Oghene
• Rita Dominic
• Peters Ijagbemi as Account Officer
• Unity Nathan as Gift
• Deji Omogbehin as Doctor
• Tobias Pious as Bellman
• Nene Peters Thomas as Manager
• Tomi Adeoye as Attendant
• Glory Ugbodaga as Sales Girl
• Tony Undie as Bellman

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
2017	Best of Nollywood Awards	Best Actress in a Lead role –English	Ufuoma McDermott	Nominated	[13]
		Best Supporting Actress –English	Kate Henshaw/Omoni Oboli/Kathrine Obiang	Won
		Movie with the Best Screenplay	The Women	Won
		Movie with the Best Editing		Nominated
		Best Use of Nigerian Costume in a Movie		Nominated
		Director of the Year	Blessing Egbe	Nominated
		Best Kiss in A Movie	Ufuoma McDemott/Kalu Ikeagu	Nominated

References

1. "Blessing Egbe speaks on her new movie 'The Women'". Vanguard News. 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
2. "Excitement as Egbe releases 'The Women'". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2017-10-04. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
3. "Kate Henshaw, Omoni Oboli, Femi Branch star in Blessing Egbe's new movie". Pulse Nigeria. 2017-02-03. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
4. BellaNaija.com (2019-06-08). "#BNMovieFeature: WATCH Kate Henshaw, Omoni Oboli, Ufuoma Mcdermott, Katherine Obiang in "The Women"". BellaNaija. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
5. nollywoodreinvented (2019-06-03). "The Women". Nollywood Reinvented. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
6. "Blessing Egbe set to release female-led flick, 'The Women'". TheCable Lifestyle. 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
7. "Blessing Egbe hits the cinemas with Omoni Oboli, Kate Henshaw in 'The Women' -". The Eagle Online. 2017-09-28. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
8. "Blessing Egbe hits the cinemas with Omoni Oboli, Kate Henshaw in "The Women."". promptnewsonline.com. 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
9. Rejoice. "3 things we liked & disliked about Blessing Egbe's "The Women"!". xplorenollywood.com. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
10. "Blessing Egbe's "The Women" is funny and consistently entertaining". Pulse Nigeria. 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
11. "Blessing Egbe's The Women lands in cinemas". The Sun Nigeria. 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
12. "Film Review: Blessing Egbe's The Women is 'Fifty', but a lot less classy » YNaija". YNaija. 2017-10-09. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
13. "BON Awards 2017: Kannywood's Ali Nuhu receives Special Recognition Award". Daily Trust. 2017-11-23. Retrieved 2021-10-07.

External links

• The Women at IMDb