Film

The Mirror Boy

2011 · 1h 24m · Fantasy · Adventure · Drama

IMDb

4.8

The Mirror Boy is a mystical journey through Africa, seen through the eyes of a 12 year old boy, Tijan. After a London street fight, in which a local boy is hurt, Tijan's mother decides to take him back to their roots, to Gambia. On their arrival in Banjul, Tijan encounters a strange apparition, a boy smiling at him in a mirror and vanishing. Seeing the same boy in a crowded street market the next day sets in motion a chain of events, with Tijan finding himself lost. While Tijan's panic-stricken mother struggles to find her son, Tijan is left alone in the company of the enigmatic Mirror Boy, seemingly only visible to him. After a bruising spiritual rite of passage, The Mirror Boy takes Tijan on a mystical journey, but not all is what it seems.

Genevieve Nnaji

Teema

Edward Kagutuzi

Tijan

Osita Iheme

Mirror Boy

Trew Sider

Rodney Marsh

Fatima Jabbe

Queen

Emma Fletcher

Miss Nugent

Peter Halpin

DC Andrews

Aisha Barry

Leema

Rohey Camara

Third Journalist

Felix Ceesay

Police Seargent

Momodu Musa Ceesay

Ballam Musa

Ify Chukwu

Police Officer

Michael Dara

Corporal

Neton De Bandiem

Coronation Dancer

Kalilu Drammeh

Second Tribal Warrior

Mariama Feh

Forest Queen

• Obi EmelonyeDirector · Writer · Original Music Composer
• Clive NormanDirector of Photography

Release date

June 10, 2011

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 24m

Budget

$800,000

Genres

Fantasy, Adventure, Drama