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Thunderbolt

DirectorTunde Kelani

5.5 / 10
2001
103 min

Thunderbolt is woven around Ngozi, a young elegant Igbo lady and Yinka a young man of Yoruba origin who meet and fall in love during the National Youth Service. Their eventual marriage, against folk wisdom soon develops problem fueled by rumors of extra-marital affairs which destroy trust between a devoted Ngozi and a jealous Yinka. In the ensuing drama Ngozi is laced with “Magun,” the mysterious and fatal chastity control which will make her sexual victim die instantly after sexual intercourse.

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