Half of a Yellow Sun 11 years old

An epic love story: Olanna and Kainene are glamorous twins, living a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria. The two women make very different choices of lovers, but rivalry and betrayal must be set aside as their lives are swept up in the turbulence of war.

Credits

Anika Noni Rose as Kainene

Chiwetel Ejiofor as Odenigbo

John Boyega as Ugwu

Babou Ceesay as Okeoma

Thandie Newton as Olanna

Hakeem Kae-Kazim as Captain Dutse

Half of a Yellow Sun Cast

Name	Character
Anika Noni Rose She was 41, now 52 years old	as Kainene
Chiwetel Ejiofor He was 36, now 47 years old	as Odenigbo
John Boyega He was 22, now 32 years old	as Ugwu
Babou Ceesay He was 35, now 45 years old	as Okeoma
Thandie Newton She was 41, now 52 years old	as Olanna
Hakeem Kae-Kazim He was 51, now 62 years old	as Captain Dutse
Joseph Mawle He was 40, now 50 years old	as Richard
Robert Davide He was 42, now 53 years old	as Redhead Charles
Genevieve Nnaji She was 34, now 45 years old	as Miss Adebayo

Half of a Yellow Sun Crew

Name	Department
Jina Jay as Casting.	Production
Chris Gill as Editor. He was 14 (now 24) years old	Editing
Andrew McAlpine as Production Design. He was 65 (now 76) years old	Art
John de Borman as Director of Photography. He was 60 (now 70) years old	Camera
Sian Evans as Costume Supervisor. She was 40 (now 51) years old	Costume & Make-Up
Andrea Calderwood as Producer. She was 49 (now 59) years old	Production
Steve Summersgill as Supervising Art Director.	Art

Half of a Yellow Sun (11 years)

Release day: Sunday, September 08, 2013
Runtime: 106 minutes