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Clarissa

New Directors Competition

Clarissa

Clarissa

direction Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri

Nigeria, USA 2026 Fiction Cor 125 min.

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The film follows society woman Clarissa as she prepares to host a party at her home in Lagos, Nigeria, where she will unexpectedly encounter once-intimate friends from her youth. As the group reflects on their shared past over the course of a single night, memories of their intricate relationships, passionate love, hidden desires, and lost aspirations give rise to bittersweet reckoning. Presented in the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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direction

Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri

screenplay

Chuko Esiri

cinematography

Jonathan Bloom

editing

Blair McClendon

sound

Ric Schnupp

music

Kelsey Lu

casting

Nina Gold

production design

Hanrui Wang

cast

Sophie Okonedo, Ayo Edebiri, David Oyelowo, India Amarteifio, Toheeb Jimoh, Fortune Nwafor

production

Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri, Theresa Park, Nicholas Weinstock

co-production

Thomas Bassett, Nina Gold, Hannah Tom

produced by

Per Capita Productions, Invention Studios

world sales

NEON

galeria

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