Kukurantumi

Kukurantumi

5.7IMDb Score
Released:1983-01-02
Duration:83 min
Director:King Ampaw
Actors:Evans Oma Hunter, Felix Larbi, Rose Fynn, Ernest Youngman, Kwesi France
Production:Remery Verlag und Filmproduktion, Afromovies, NDR

Overview:

Addey is a lorry driver and an industrious family man who makes ends meet by plying his trade between Accra, the capital city, and his village , Kukurantumi. When he loses his job for reasons beyond his control, he plots a marriage between his daughter, Abena, and an affluent businessman but she refuses the union because she loved another. Abena disobeys her father Addey and, with Bob, the poor young man she loves, elopes to Accra where things worsen.

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