Nadia Buari, Bimbo Manuel Dazzle in Heroes and Zeros

Nadia Buari, one of the finest faces ever to have made it out of the Gold Coast, gave a good account of herself beyond many people’s expectation in a new movie, Heroes and Zeros.

Directed by award-winning filmmaker, Niji Akanji, Heroes and Zeros has been described as one of the best works to come out of this part of the world in recent times.

According to Akanji, Nadia was very professional on set and remains the best of her contemporary that he has ever worked with.

The Takoradi, Ghana-born mulatto, who is presently in United States was in Lagos months ago for 28 days shooting the movie.

Heroes and Zeros is the story of the destructive pursuance of Tonia (Nadia Bhuari) by Amos Fele (Bimbo Manuel). Ten years ago, Amos Fele was a wealthy celebrity director in the Nigerian film industry. Now he lives in a ramshackle flat, doing occasional low-paying TV commercials for nameless products. He’s a daily comic relief on the local soccer practice pitch because, though he’s already 45 years old, he nurses a new, insane dream of making it into the dollar-soaked world of international soccer! His joyless marriage to Tinuke, a junior bank worker, is crumbling fast, especially after the death of their only child. A boost to his sagging spirit comes when a big-budget French-Nigerian film project appoints him as director. Suddenly, the Press begins to (re)celebrate him. Top actors and producers begin to call him up. To his wife’s distress, Fele also quickly re-establishes his waning reputation as a first-class womanizer.

Other members of the cast are Olu Jacobs, Tina Mba, Akin Lewis, Funsho Adeolu, Norbert Young, Linda Ejiofor, Gabriel Afolayan, Jude Urhorra, Brigette Cherile and others.

—Funsho Arogundade