''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, the newly engaged bachelor who takes it upon himself to give his materialistic fiancée, Nicole (

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) a fairy tale wedding despite his reservations. The film was produced by

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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 snobbish Nicole Hernández (

) who wastes no time planning the fairytale wedding of her dreams. With Nicole's snooty mother ( Shaffy Bello) meddling over every detail of the pending occasion, Victor finds the total cost is far beyond his budget. Despite repeated warnings from his best friend Omonigho (Gregory Ojefua) whom Nicole loathes, along with his

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-based family, most notably his no-nonsense aunt Foweh (

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), Victor is left with no choice. He is pressurised to please not only Nicole and her mother, but also the equally demanding Hernández sisters—Stacey (

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), Nancy (

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), and Augusta (Thelma Ezeamaka). With the help of high-end wedding planner Caroline (

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), the Hernándezes arrange every outline of Nicole's big day while Victor's own suggestions are either ignored or ridiculed. Trouble ensues at the couple's native wedding ceremony when Victor sprays his bride with naira notes instead of dollar bills; the couple fall out when Nicole accuses him of embarrassing her. Victor apologises, but her bridezilla demands persist. He now regrets breaking up with Angela ( Omoni Oboli), the ex-girlfriend with whom he cut ties years ago, and attempts to win her back. However, she can see through his facade, and advices him to desist from keeping up appearances for clout. At a pre-marriage counselling session, Victor and Nicole invoke chaos she pays more attention to Candy Crush than she does the counsellor. He breaks up with her, a move Omonigho approves, but upon discovering Angela now has a new man, Victor 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 artists to perform at the wedding. A

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is held, and the next morning Victor, hungover from the night before, is horrified that he is late for his own wedding. His groomsmen worsen the situation by hiring '' kekes'' to take him and his groomsmen to the church to fulfil an old pact. They arrive in the middle of Mrs Hernandez' interview with

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, causing her embarrassment live on air. At the ceremony, Victor suddenly realises Nicole will forever remain a spoilt ungrateful snob after she rejects his ring. He calls off the wedding in front of his guests and storms out of the church, his friends in tow. Victor and his groomsmen 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 left her for Nicole, and chases them away with a whip.

Cast

as Victor Elomena/Victor Smith *

as Nicole Hernandez * Shaffy Bello as Mrs Hernandez *

as Stacy Hernandez * Thelma Ezeamaka as Augusta Hernandez *

as Nancy Hernandez *

as Caroline, wedding planner *

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

Production

The film is produced by

. 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 2016 comedy films 2016 drama films 2010s English-language films