Clarissa (2026)
Overview
Across a single day in Lagos, Nigeria, Clarissa prepares to host a high society party at her home, as her complicated past begins to consume her, in the form of now-distant friends and loves from her youth. Simultaneously, Septimus, a young soldier, is haunted by his own memories of the horrors he has witnessed and endured. As the perspectives traverse past and present, across the bourgeois class and those too easily forgotten by society, a delicate portrait of contemporary Nigeria emerges.
What is Clarissa about?
Across a single day in Lagos, Nigeria, Clarissa prepares to host a high society party at her home, as her complicated past begins to consume her, in the form of now-distant friends and loves from her youth. Simultaneously, Septimus, a young soldier, is haunted by his own memories of the horrors he has witnessed and endured. As the perspectives traverse past and present, across the bourgeois class and those too easily forgotten by society, a delicate portrait of contemporary Nigeria emerges. Clarissa is a Drama movie, released on 2026-12-11, runtime 135 minutes.
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Directed by
Chuko Esiri, Arie Esiri
Cast
- Sophie Okonedo as Clarissa
- David Oyelowo as Peter
- India Ria Amarteifio as Young Clarissa
- Ayo Edebiri as Young Sally
- Toheeb Jimoh as Young Peter
- Nikki Amuka-Bird as Sally
- Jude Akuwudike as Richard
- Kehinde Cardoso as Young Ugo
- Ogranya as Young Richard
- Danny Sapani as Ugo
- Fortune Nwafor as Septimus
- Modesinuola Ogundiwin as Aisha
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