Directed by:
Biyi BandeleScreenplay:
Biyi BandeleCinematography:
John de BormanComposer:
Ben OnonoCast:
Thandiwe Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anika Noni Rose, Joseph Mawle, John Boyega, Babou Ceesay, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Genevieve Nnaji, Roberto Davide, Gloria Anozie (more)Plots(1)
HALF OF A YELLOW SUN is an epic love story set in Nigeria that weaves together the lives of four people swept up in the turbulence of war. The story is based on best selling novel of the same name by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and from the producers of The Constant Gardener and The Last King of Scotland. The film stars Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave), Thandie Newton (The Pursuit of Happyness) and Anika Noni Rose (Dreamgirls, No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency) and is directed by Biyi Bandele. (Leap Frog Films)
(more)Cast
Thandiwe Newton
Zambia
Best movies:
Crash (2004)
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
Chiwetel Ejiofor
UK
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
Love Actually (2003)
The Martian (2015)
Anika Noni Rose
USA
Best movies:
Roots (2016) (series)
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
Joseph Mawle
UK
Best movies:
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Sense8 (2015) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
John Boyega
UK
Best movies:
Small Axe (2020) (series)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Detroit (2017)
Babou Ceesay
Best movies:
'71 (2014)
Eye in the Sky (2015)
The Best of Enemies (2019)
Hakeem Kae-Kazim
Nigeria
Best movies:
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Roots (2016) (series)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
Genevieve Nnaji
Best movies:
Farming (2018)
Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)
Lionheart (2018)
Roberto Davide
USA
Best movies:
Breaking and Entering (2006)
Red 2 (2013)
Rodolfo Valentino - La leggenda (2013) (TV movie)
Gloria Anozie
Nigeria
Best movies:
Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)
Kasper Michaels
Canada
Best movies:
Hot Wheels Highway 35 World Race (2003)
Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story (1997) (TV movie)
Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)