Inspired by true life events, in the Oyo Empire in the 1940's, Elesin Oba, the king's chief horseman, succumbs to the lure of beauty and sexual desire on the very evening he is set to die in order to fulfil his lifelong debt of ritual suicide to accompany the dead Alaafin to the realm of the ancestors, he derails from a very important generational and spiritual transaction. This sets in motion a series of catastrophic consequences, in a spell-binding film of emotions, humour, and tragic role reversals that puts ancient beliefs and customs on trial in an ever increasingly post-modern and Western world.
Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman has generally received mixed reviews.
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Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman was released in 2022 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 3 reviews, giving Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman (2022) an average rating of 52%.
With a score of 52%, Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2022, which stands at 59%.
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