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Hurricane in the Rose Garden is a family comedy about
what happens when a happily married couple's life is suddenly
turned upside-down during an unwelcome visit from the
husband's very traditional and very opinionated Nigerian Mom.
One marriage…two sets of customs.
After five
years of marriage, Foot Doctor, Dr. Joseph-Joseph (Pascal
Atuma) and his workaholic attorney wife Sade (Tangi Miller)
are still happy, still in love and still haven't a worry in the
world-- or so they think. Soon, that all changes when a
diabolical force of nature arrives at their front door. Her name:
Mom (Aloma Wright). His Mom to be exact.
His give-you-one-look-and-you-wish-you-were-dead Mom.
And with her withering looks, she's brought along his scheming
brother Warrior (Oris Erhuero), and a laundry list of
rules and traditions. And at the top of the list, one
very old Nigerian custom: either Sade becomes pregnant or her
son must divorce her at once! Now Dr. J. finds himself
in the middle of a war between the two strongest forces he’s
ever known -- his wife and mother.
The story
was inspired by a conversation the writer/producer Pascal Atuma had with his parents about a past relationship. Both
Atuma and the director Ime N. Etuk thought that this
culture clash over marriage was ripe for a movie. |
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