''Forgetting June'' is a 2013 Nigerian romantic

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Ikechukwu Onyeka Ikechukwu Onyeka is a Nigerian film director. Early life and education Onyeka is from Umuoji, Idemili North local government in Anambra State. In 2012, he enrolled at Colorado Film School to study cinematography. He highlighted his quest to g ...

, starring

Majid Michel Majid Michel (born 22 September 1980) is a Ghanaian actor, model, television personality, evangelist and a humanitarian. He received nominations for '' Best Actor in a Leading Role'' at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2009, 2010, 2011, 20 ...

Beverly Naya Beverly Naya (born Beverly Ifunaya Bassey; 17 April 1989) is a British-born Nigerian actress. Beverly won Most Promising Talent at the 2010 Best of Nollywood Awards. She also won the award for Fast Rising Actress at the 2011 City People Entert ...

, and

Mbong Amata Mbong Amata (born 21 September 1985) is a Nigerian actress. She has acted in films such as '' Black November'', '' Forgetting June'', and ''Inale''. She won the "Most Beautiful Girl" (Akwa Ibom) in 2003, and was the 2nd runner up in the 2004 ...

Cast

- Eddie *Beverly Naya - Tobi *

- June *Blossom Chuks Chukwujekwu - George *Ben Touitou - Tony * Abiola Segun-Williams - Mrs Gracia

Plot

Eddie (Majid Michel) and June (

) share what seem to be the perfect marriage. Eddie began to lose control of his life when June had a fatal accident on a trip out of town. Eddie's junior brother Tony (Ben Touitou) appealed to June's best friend, Tobi (Beverly Naya) to help Eddie recover from the emotional breakdown from the death of his wife. Tobi eventually persuaded Eddie to join her dance group which eventually led to an emotional connection between them. Several months had gone by and, Eddie and Tobi finally decided to get married despite the reservation of Tobi about their union. It's about 2 years since June was involved in the accident and Tobi is now pregnant with Eddie's baby when June shockingly visited their matrimonial home explaining the circumstances regarding the accident and how Dr George (Blossom Chukwujekwu) saved her. After several power tussle events between June and Tobi, Eddie finally decided to keep both of them as wives. after some consultations made by June with Eddie's colleagues she decides to return to George whom she refused to heed to his romantic advances towards her.

Reception

Nollywood Reinvented Nollywood Reinvented, also known simply as NR, is a website launched in 2011 and dedicated primarily to film reviews. It also provides information about films, actors, producers and other film people. It is one of the first review platforms ded ...

gave it a 23% rating and was very critical about its unoriginal dialogues and recycled storylines it concluded by explaining that "I won’t deny that I was semi-excited about this movie when I originally heard of it. Why? Because even though I know better, a part of me still equates seeing

’s face on a cast line-up with a guarantee for excellence and entertainment. I was wrong..."

References

2013 films English-language Nigerian films 2013 romantic drama films Nigerian romantic drama films 2013 direct-to-video films 2010s English-language films {{Nigeria-film-stub

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