''It's Her Day'' is a 2016 Nigerian

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about an engaged couple from different social backgrounds, and the class struggle they encounter while planning their high-end wedding. Bovi Ugboma plays Victor, a newly engaged man pressurised to give his materialistic fiancée

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) an extravagant fairy tale wedding. The film was produced by Bovi Ugboma and directed by Aniedi Anwah, and premiered on 9 September 2016 in Lagos, Nigeria.

Synopsis

Victor arrives home from the UK to marry his fiancée, the uptight Nicole Hernández who wastes no time planning the fairytale wedding of her dreams. With Nicole's snooty mother meddling over every detail, Victor finds the cost is far beyond his budget. Despite repeated warnings from his best friend Omonigho whom Nicole loathes—along with his

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-based family, most notably his no-nonsense Aunt Foweh—Victor is pressurised to appease not only Nicole and her mother, but also the equally demanding Hernández sisters—Stacey, Nancy, and Augusta. With the help of a high-end wedding planner, the Hernándezes overlook every detail of Nicole's big day while Victor's own suggestions are either ignored or ridiculed. Trouble ensues at the couple's native engagement ceremony when Victor sprays his bride with naira notes instead of dollar bills. He apologises, but Nicole's bridezilla demands persist. He now regrets breaking up with Angela, the ex-girlfriend he left for Nicole, and attempts to win her back despite his engagement. However, she sees through his facade and advises him to resist keeping up appearances for clout. During a pre-marriage counseling session, Victor and Nicole stir up chaos when she focuses more on her

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and ignores the meeting. He breaks up with her, a move Omonigho approves, but upon discovering Angela now has a new man, he reconciles with Nicole. Victor recruits his friends to stand in as

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s via a phone conversation with the Hernándezes after they insist on booking celebrity music artistes to perform at the wedding. A

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is held, and the next morning Victor,

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from the night before, is horrified that he is late for the wedding. His groomsmen worsen the situation by hiring '' kekes'' to take him and his groomsmen to the church, fulfilling an old pact. They arrive in the middle of Mrs Hernández' interview with

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, causing her embarrassment live on air, and she slaps him in front of his horrified friends. Upon realising Nicole will forever remain an ungrateful snob after she rejects his ring, Victor dumps her at the altar and storms out. Victor and his

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arrive at Angela's house and beg her to consider rekindling her old relationship. Although she accepts his apology, Angela has not forgotten the hurt she endured after he abandoned her, and chases them away with a whip.

Cast

* Bovi Ugboma as Victor Elomena/Victor Smith *

as Nicole Hernández *

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as Mrs Hernández *

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as Stacy Hernández * Thelma Ezeamaka as Augusta Hernández * Amanda Mike-Ebeye as Nancy Hernández *

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as Caroline, wedding planner *

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as Aunty Foweh * Gregory Ojefua as Omonigho * Femi Durojaiye as Dede * Ese Lami George as Victoria *

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as Angela

Production

The film is produced by Bovi Ugboma. Directed by Aniedi Anwah. In Kountry Kulture Network, distributed by Silverbird Distribution.

Release

The movie premiered in Lagos, Nigeria on 9 September.The Guardian News
Guardian.ng Retrieved 07 September 2016.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:It's Her Day English-language Nigerian films Films directed by Kemi Adetiba Films about weddings Films set in Lagos Films shot in Lagos 2016 romantic comedy-drama films Nigerian romantic comedy-drama films 2016 films 2010s English-language films English-language romantic comedy-drama films