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Clarissa

Clarissa

2026•2h 15m•15•Drama

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.

Chuko Esiri · Director

Arie Esiri · Director

Chuko Esiri · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 15m
LanguageEN
Release DateDec 11, 2026
Budget$5,000,000

Actors

Sophie Okonedo

Sophie Okonedo

Clarissa

David Oyelowo

David Oyelowo

Peter

India Ria Amarteifio

India Ria Amarteifio

Young Clarissa

Ayo Edebiri

Ayo Edebiri

Young Sally

Toheeb Jimoh

Toheeb Jimoh

Young Peter

Nikki Amuka-Bird

Nikki Amuka-Bird

Sally

Jude Akuwudike

Jude Akuwudike

Richard

Kehinde Cardoso

Kehinde Cardoso

Young Ugo

Ogranya

Ogranya

Young Richard

Danny Sapani

Danny Sapani

Ugo

Fortune Nwafor

Septimus

Modesinuola Ogundiwin

Modesinuola Ogundiwin

Aisha

Chuks Joseph

Evans

Joke Silva

Joke Silva

Lady Maryam

Joy Sunday

Joy Sunday

Comfort

Chioma Omeruah

Chioma Omeruah

Matilda

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