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directed by Emmanuel Apea and starring

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. The film received 8 nominations and won 4 awards at the

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, including the awards for ''

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'' and '' Best Screenplay''.

Plot

Enoch Sarpong Jr., a Ghanaian student living in the UK, is visited by his little sister from Ghana, who had mistakenly picked up the wrong suitcase at the airport. The suitcase contains a huge amount of cocaine. Enoch decides to sell the drugs, however, the real owners of the drugs soon meet up with him, chasing him all across the UK and Ghana.

Cast

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- Enoch Sarpong Jr.'' * ''Evelyn Addo - Nina Sarpong'' * ''Fred Johnson - Gator'' * ''Collins Agyeman Sarpong - Cephas'' * '' Kofi Bucknor - Topp Dogg'' * ''

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- Enoch Sarpong Snr'' * ''Canelle Hoppe - Naila'' * ''Nicola Preece - Heather'' * ''Ernest Grant - Taxi Driver'' * ''Efe Ideh - Sparkie'' * ''Fred Joho - Wemba''

References

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