(By Toni Kan) - Kpali Is An Eloquent Commentary
On Millennial Angst
Forget the story.
Forget the acting.
Forget the hype.
Go see Kpali the movie
for the aerial shots that make Lagos look nothing like the chaotic urban
conurbation we all love to hate.
Ladi Johnson and
his DoP get full marks for producing a crisp, visually stunning film.
But movies are much more
than cinematography and visual clarity. Movies have to be visceral and
relatable and realistic in a way that approaches verisimilitude.
Kpali ticks all
those boxes as a movie revolving around a 20 something year old Amaka Kalayo
whose sedate London life is set on a roller coaster when her bosses inform her that
she has 30 days to close a big deal or lose not just her job but her Kpali; her
visa, work permit and right to live and work in the UK.
Thrust into this
career maelstrom, Amaka departs for Nigeria with her oyibo male colleague in
tow. They arrive Lagos and for some curious reason head together to Amaka’s
family home and thus ensues the comedy of errors that is almost always at the
heart of a true rom-com.
