COMING SOON: Shattered

From the stables of Kenya based “Dream House Productions” comes ‘Shattered’. A movie starring Rita Dominic, produced by Carol Nguta and directed by Gilbert Lukalia K. Other actors in the movie include Melvin Alusa, Ainea Ojiambo, Mumbi Maina and Robert Burale.

SHATTERED tells the story of a woman whose traumatic childhood in a seemingly ideal middle class family becomes a precursor to a life of turmoil, depression, and self destructive behaviour. Inspired by several true life stories, the plot of “Shattered” will keep the viewer enraptured from beginning to end as the protagonist KEZIAH NJEMA (Rita Dominic) struggles to overcome enduring psychological destruction caused by years of abuse.

Shattered – African Movie

MY TWO-CENTS: “Shattered” was the movie for which Rita Dominic won the prestigious AMAA Award for best actress, earlier this year. And after seeing all the twitching she was doing in the trailer, I can clearly see why. There is no argument that Rita Dominic is good at what she does… if not for anything practice makes perfect and she has been in the game for a minute. But in her case, I definitely think this one pass practice… talent is definitely in the equation. For obvious reasons (aka that I don’t watch Kenyan movies and neither do 75% of the people reading this) I do not recognize any of the other names on the cast list. However, from the little I saw in the trailer, they were not disastrous so I will keep my fingers crossed. I’m not sure (as neither the trailer nor the synopsis say for sure) if this is another ‘domestic abuse’ movie like “Distance Between“, but whatever the case, I’m still looking forward to it.