Jack’eneth Opukeme, the director of the movie Farmer’s Bride, talked about what the movie is really about and what we can learn from it. He worked with Adebayo Tijani to make this movie. He shared these thoughts with some newspaper people on Thursday at a special movie screening in Lagos.
Opukeme got some ideas for the movie from a character named Odewale in a book called *The Gods Are Not to Blame* by Ola Rotimi. He thinks people are complicated, and it’s hard to tell how they will act when they are in a difficult situation.
He shared that if Funmi’s parents hadn’t forced her to marry a rich farmer, the sad things that happened to her and Femi might not have happened.
Opukeme said, “People are not easy to understand. You can’t know what I will do if I’m stuck in a hard situation. I want people to understand that if we force someone into something, it might not end well for us later. The movie’s message is that if we just let people make their own choices, many problems could be avoided.”
The movie Farmer’s Bride is about a wealthy farmer named Odun who feels very lonely because he can’t find someone to love. He hopes to end his loneliness by marrying a young woman named Funmi, but her parents made her marry him without asking her first.
Because Funmi isn’t happy in her marriage, she starts a secret relationship with Odun’s nephew, Femi. This leads to a series of events that show love, betrayal, sadness, and a sad ending.
The movie came out in theaters on Friday, September 27, 2024. It has lots of great actors like Tobi Bakre, Gbubemi Ejeye, Femi Branch, Mercy Aigbe, Efe Irele, and Wumi Toriola.