Quincena de Cineastas del Festival de CannesRemake/Adaptación
Los directores nigerianos y hermanos gemelos Arie Esiri y Chuko Esiri adaptan «La señora Dalloway», de Virginia Woolf, a la época contemporánea, trasladando audazmente la acción del Londres británico del siglo XX a Lagos, Nigeria, en el siglo XXI. Conservan la forma del original, que trazaba un retrato de época y una narración de la memoria mediante el flujo de conciencia, centrados en un día de la vida de Clarissa, una mujer de clase alta, pero le añaden un nuevo contexto histórico sobre el colonialismo y el poscolonialismo, la clase y la identidad. Mientras los viejos amigos se reúnen uno a uno en casa de Clarissa, que prepara una fiesta nocturna, las decisiones y los amores de antaño, las posibilidades perdidas y los lazos personales se abren paso entre las grietas del tiempo. La lujosa mansión de Clarissa se transforma en un enorme escenario que refleja la sociedad africana contemporánea, y la cámara, que sigue una fiesta a lo largo de una noche, captura incluso los contornos de las emociones íntimas que flotan entre los personajes. Impresionan los planos de larga duración de elegante contención y una puesta en escena con menos artificio.
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Twin brothers born 30 minutes apart in Warri, Nigeria, Arie and Chuko Esiri were raised through a split upbringing — attending boarding school in England from the age of eight and returning to Nigeria during holidays. Having invented stories together since childhood, the two later became creative partners in filmmaking. Their feature debut, This Is My Desire (2020), which they co-produced, wrote, and directed, delicately captured the longing for emigration among Lagos′s working class and premiered at the Berlinale, where it was nominated for Best First Feature. Their second feature, arriving six years later, Clarissa, reimagines Virginia Woolf′s Mrs. Dalloway against a Lagos backdrop, starring Sophie Okonedo, David Oyelowo, and Ayo Edebiri. The film had its world premiere to a rapturous standing ovation at the 2026 Cannes Directors′ Fortnight and was acquired by distributor Neon, establishing the brothers as leading new voices in Nigerian cinema.
De Festival Internacional de Cine de Busan 2026, N.º 31
Twin brothers born 30 minutes apart in Warri, Nigeria, Arie and Chuko Esiri were raised through a split upbringing — attending boarding school in England from the age of eight and returning to Nigeria during holidays. Having invented stories together since childhood, the two later became creative partners in filmmaking. Their feature debut, This Is My Desire (2020), which they co-produced, wrote, and directed, delicately captured the longing for emigration among Lagos′s working class and premiered at the Berlinale, where it was nominated for Best First Feature. Their second feature, arriving six years later, Clarissa, reimagines Virginia Woolf′s Mrs. Dalloway against a Lagos backdrop, starring Sophie Okonedo, David Oyelowo, and Ayo Edebiri. The film had its world premiere to a rapturous standing ovation at the 2026 Cannes Directors′ Fortnight and was acquired by distributor Neon, establishing the brothers as leading new voices in Nigerian cinema.
De Festival Internacional de Cine de Busan 2026, N.º 31
