The Cursed Ones(2015) - a review

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Nana Obiri's 'The cursed ones" portraits the story of a disillusioned reporter and a young, reformed Pastor attempt to save the life of a child accused of witchcraft by bravely fighting back against corruption and false prophets. 

The story begins when the reporter reaches West African village in order to cover the story of a traditional deer hunt festival in that village.Unfortunately the hunters fail to catch a deer and as a result he decided to stay back. The village people considers the young girl Asabi as the reason for their behind their failure to catch a deer. She was accused of being possessed by a witch. She was earlier found abandoned in the forest and chief huntsman took her as his daughter.But the rest of 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 even 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.

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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 and hour of the movie and the pace of the movie changes a bit towards the end. Overall, its a movie to be watched since it portraits the neccessity to reform certain beliefs , customs and bad deeds from our society.