‘My Father’s Shadow’ Review: A Mournful Miracle Of A Film Evokes Heartbreak Similar To ‘Aftersun’ But 1990s Lagos, Nigeria [Cannes]

No matter how surreptitiously Folarin (Sope Dirisu) thinks he’s acting, his perceptive young sons Remi (Chibuike Marvellous Egbo) and Akin (Godwin Egbo) pick up on the nuances of his behavior. A flirtatious smile with a woman who’s not their mother cues in their suspicions, for example. That observant childhood gaze, exploring every space and instance with wide-eyed curiosity, defines “My Father’s Shadow,” filmmaker Akinola Davies’ strikingly affecting semiautobiographical first feature co-written with his brother Wale Davies.

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