We saw this movie yesterday, on Monday. It is adapted from an award winning novel with the same titel. Here is what can be found in google:

http://www.palacecinemas.com.au/movies/halfofayellowsun/

”  . . . .   an impassioned struggle to establish Biafra as an independent republic, ending in chilling violence which shocked the entire country and the world.

A sweeping romantic drama, HALF OF A YELLOW SUN takes the sisters and their lovers on a journey through the war which is powerful, intensely emotional and, as the response of readers around the world has shown, it is a story which can touch everyone’s heart.”

It is a very dramatic love story. Expressions of joy seem to come very naturally to the Nigerian people. The movie starts in the 1960s. Soon the whole country suffers from the outbreak of civil war. The war scenes are absolutely shocking. I cannot help it, I have to ask myself, why, why, why do people fight like this?

But the movie was not just about war. It was about human relationships and the life of people in Nigeria which ordinarily I think we really do not know much about. I was very moved by the way the scenes were shot and the great performances of the actors.