A still from the movieDirector: Nana Obiri Yeboah
Language: English
Nana Obiri’s The Cursed One is the story of a journalist who struggles to save a young girl, who is accused to be the reason behind a series of misfortunes in a village.
Godwin, the journalist, goes to a West African village in search of a good story. Godwin wants to cover a traditional deer hunt festival in the village. But as the hunters fail to catch a deer, he is forced to stay back.
The villagers believe that the chief huntsman’s foster child Asabi is the reason behind their failure to ensnare a deer.
The tribe considers the young girl, who was found abandoned in the forest, to be possessed and accuses her of witchcraft. Asabi’s indifferent behavior adds to their foolish conclusions.
At school, children throw stones at Asabi, calling her a witch. However, the huntsman and his wife are not the least bothered. They nurture and protect her even though everyone else in the village treats her as an outcast.
Godwin realizes that the villagers are blinded by superstitious beliefs and they have the support of the pastor of their church. The reporter decides to help Asabi by trying to convince the villagers about their wrong beliefs, but in vain.
The pastor sentences her to death once the huntsman dies in mysterious circumstances.
Once Godwin learns about it, he decides to take Asabi along to his city, with the help of a young teacher. But it’s not easy as he thinks.
The film is all about corruption, the unfounded beliefs prevailing in the African villages and a comparison with the modern and traditional life. There is a lag in the first half an hour of the movie and the pace of the movie changes a bit towards the end.
