Nigeria, Aug. 16 -- Cast: Femi Adebayo, Tunde Kelani, Taiwo George, Yvonne Jegede, Williams Benson, Omowunmi Dada, Jumoke Ajadi, Peter Akande, Kelechi Udegbe, Keppy Ekpenyong-Bassey and others.

Language: English/Yoruba

Running time: 1 hour 37 minutes

Release date: 18 July 2025

Director: Tunde Kelani

Sometimes doing good attracts evil, but persistence eventually brings reward. This saying comes to life in "Cordelia", a drama set in Nigeria during the military rule in the early 1990s.

The film, adapted from Femi Osofisan's novella of the same name, tells how one small act of kindness draws a quiet man into a national crisis.

It opens by showing both national and personal turmoil: students on a university campus protest against the re...