The Figurine

2009 • 122 minutes

About this movie

Three people discover their happy lives come with unexpected consequences in this drama from Nigerian filmmaker Kunle Afolayan, inspired by Yoruba legend. Sola Fajure (Kunle Afolayan) has just graduated from college with a degree in Architecture, but he placed low in his class and has had no luck finding a job, so with few prospects he signs up for his required military service. Sola ends up serving alongside his good friend Femi (Ramsey Nouah) and Mona (Omoni Oboli), a woman with whom he's powerfully infatuated. One day, Sola and Femi stumble upon a small wooden figurine, and Sola takes it back to the camp with him. What Sola and his friends don't know is that the figurine is inhabited by the spirit of Araromire, a goddess of good fortune. Over the next seven years, things go very well for the three; Sola and Mona are happily married (despite his many random infidelities) and they have a child with another on the way, while Femi becomes a successful businessman whose work takes him all over the world. But what they don't know is that they're good luck came from Araromire, and there's a catch -- the figure was carved from a tree that was cursed, and after seven years of good luck, the tables are about to turn and their lives will soon become a living hell. A major box office success in Nigeria, Araromire (aka The Figurine) was an official selection at the 2010 ~Rotterdam International Film Festival.