A REVIEW OF “WHERE I COME FROM” (MOVIE)
PHOTO: Official poster for the movie “Where I Come From.”
Editor’s Note: This movie review is based solely on the author’s own opinion and does not reflect that of The HotJem. You are advised to watch the movie, as you might have a different opinion.
Where I Come From is a Cameroonian movie scripted and produced by Ghana-based Cameroonian actress Tessy Eseme and directed by Takong Delvis under the umbrella of TK Productions.
The movie features amazing characters like the amazing Faith Fidel as (Mambi), Vugah Samson as Grand Pa, Anurin Nwegbom as David, Lovert Lambert and a surprise appearance by Cameroon’s unofficial cultural ambassador, the “Be Proud” crooner Witty Minstrel.
The storyline of the movie is very much intriguing and worth exhibiting and therefore, a word of congratulations sets in for the producer and director of the movie. The movie which is acted in a “ghetto” setting in a Cameroonian locality, has a lot of lessons to teach about gambling and the influence of addiction. Gambling is not a friendly game and we cannot count the number of people who have gone into depression because of gambling.
Anurin plays a very tough role of a gambler, where he really makes it look easy. He is Mambi’s father. Mambi played by Faith Fidel is a smart kid who lost her mom at a tender age but thinks she owes her father the love her mom could have given him and will do anything to put a smile on her father’s face. She is far beyond her peers (both mentally and from the way she carried herself) and has just a male friend Lovert.
Mambi’s father David is all about gambling. His life solely depends on it and he sees nothing else he can do aside from gambling. He would do anything to get money to gamble, even though ironically, he is always on the losing end which always makes him a debtor. As he’s so attached and addicted to gambling, Mandihas to do all the street hustle though risky and not safe for a little teenage girl, but she has decided to make that her only way to make money to fight for her struggling father’s happiness.
Watching the movie, David’s action will make you upset in almost every instance of the movie with his actions as they reflect the actions that seem to happen in real life with most gamblers. David does not seem care about whose life is on the line resulting from his gambling addiction as he needs money by any means possible to match his gambling addiction.
The question I keep asking myself is “What now? Does his daughter Mambi have to pay for his sins?”
Samson Vugah plays a very important role of an old man battling with his own addiction, not gambling, but alcoholism. His dream is to quit drinking and he is very close to Mambi but is never in good terms with her father David as both are always fighting.
