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JANDED

By Adrian BELMAN

Crime - Development 2026

After a humiliating self-deportation from the United States, a broke immigrant returns to Abuja and fakes a life of luxury to save face. But when the ruthless Area Boys who bullied him in his youth kidnap his mother for a ransom that he can’t pay, he must use the unorthodox skills he learned in the shadows of New York to dismantle their codeine empire.

- Year of production
- 2026
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller, Drama
- Countries
- USA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Budget
- 0.6 - 1 M$
- Duration
- 109 mn
- Director(s)
- Adrian BELMAN
- Synopsis
- When Jide self-deports from New York with nothing but his wits and a blue gym bag, he arrives in the manicured streets of Abuja, masquerading as a high-level consultant to hide the overwhelming shame of his failure to achieve the American Dream. His facade catches the eye of Zaki, his childhood bully turned political fixer and codeine dealer, who attempts to extort Jide by kidnapping his mother and threatening to expose his family's secrets to the city’s unforgiving elite.