Description

Set in Present Nigeria, Perfect Mother focuses on a turbulent week in the lives of a moneyed middle-class Lagos family. Ani Umoh, a successful businessman, lives happily with the wife Celia and their three young young daughters. The only thing missing from their lives is a son; and Ani's mother, visiting from the village, stirs discord by agitating for Celia to provide an heir or step aside so Ani can take a second wife. Celia is more than a match for her mother-in-law. But an unexpected revelation drives Celia to desperate measures in order to restore harmony to household...with tragic consequences. compelling and humorous, perfect mother is a richly emotional portrait of family life in modern Nigeria: Where the city dwellers, though prosperous, cannot escape the traditional values and superstitions of the village