Genevieve Nnaji’s directorial debut, ‘Lionheart’, which is Netflix’s first original film from Nigeria, started showing across some selected Nigerian and Ghanaian cinemas.
The movie has Genevieve Nnaji playing the role of Adaeze, a calm executive working at a bus company, Lionheart Transport owned by her dad played by Pete Edochie.
When the latter falls ill, both she and her rival (Kalu Egbui Ikeagwu) are passed over in favor of the uncle, played by Nkem Owoh.
‘Lionheart’ was premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2018 and was acquired by Netflix a day before its premiere. it was also screened at the Marrakech Film Festival in Morocco ahead of its January 2019 release on Netflix.
The movie finally arrived the Nigerian and Ghanaian cinemas on Friday, December 21, 2018, and here are what viewers and fans are saying on Twitter after watching it.
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