The highly anticipated movie “Mirror Boy” was yesterday premiered at the Silver Bird Ghana Cinemas.
The whole place was chocked with barely little space to maneuver, as more than 600 people thronged into the cinema premises ´ready for the journey´ with the movie.
This prompted the Management of Silver Bird Ghana to allocate two (2) cinema rooms (Cinema 2 and 5) and also organize two showings instead of just one (1) showing, which they initially planned, to cater for the crowd.
Both cinemas have a sitting capacity of 300.
Most of the cast and crew in the “Mirror Boy” movie including the two key stars Genevieve Nnaji (Ije and Bursting Out) and Isita Iheme (´Pawpaw´ from ´Aki and Pawpaw,´Mr Ibu) were in attendance.
There was loud jubilation and cheers when Genevieve Nnaji was given the microphone by Ghana´s Ama K. Abebrese, who was the moderator at the premier, to say a few words to the audience.
Genevieve said: ´I am very happy to be here and I hope you are ready for journey.´
Chief Dele Momodu of Ovation, Ernest Boateng (MD Global Media Alliance), Akwasi Agyeman (CEO Global Media Alliance Broadcasting Company), Ama K. Abebrese, Beverly Afaglo, Gideon Aryeequaye of Etv-Ghana, Abdul Salam Mumuni, among others, were some of the known faces who attended the premier.
The movie was produced by OH Films in collaboration with Nollywood Factory.
It was sponsored by Virgin Atlantic Airlines, Somotex Ghana Ltd and Royal Richester Hotel.
Media Partners include: E-Tv Ghana, Business Guide, Daily Guide and News One
THE ´MIRROR BOY´ MOVIE SYNOPSIS
“The Mirror Boy” is an enthralling journey through the picturesque terrains of The Gambia, as seen through the eyes of a London-born 12 year old boy, TIJANI.
On the 13th of June and wholly out of character, TIJANI gets involved in a street fight in which a boy is hurt. Convinced that TIJANI needs discipline, TEEMA, (GENEVIEVE NNAJI) his mum decides to take him to the Gambia to live with her sister.
On their arrival in Banjul, TIJANI encounters what he considers to be a simple apparition- a boy smiling at him in a mirror and vanishing afterwards.
However, seeing the same boy in a crowded street market the next day sets in motion a chain of events that culminates in him getting lost.
While the panic-stricken TEEMA struggles with the Police Force to find her son in an intriguing game of survival brinkmanship, TIJANI, is left alone in the company of the enigmatic MIRROR BOY (Osita Iheme) who is only visible to him.
As a bruising spiritual rite of passage, the MIRROR BOY takes TIJANI on a magical journey through the dark belly of the forest.
After a series of edge-of-the-seat adventures in the forest, TIJANI emerges the next day, a bewildered boy; for whom the lines between reality and fantasy; between the physical and the spiritual have been forever blurred.
His arrival at a time of mourning for a small kingdom upsets the evil machinations of a desperate Queen who; threatened by his innocent presence; is not afraid wield her mysterious powers.
A cathartic climax helps TIJANI to unravel the mystery of the MIRROR BOY. It also provides him with a rather mystical explanation for the way his life has cascaded from the 13th of June towards this inter-twined fate with a father he has never met.
Story By: Frank Owusu – Ofori
Happyghana.com / Etvghana.com
Movie Synopsis Credit: mirrorboy