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Counterfeit Butterfly

Synopsis

Mercy King is headed nowhere. Trapped in a loveless marriage to a former church pastor she leads a lonely and unfulfilled life. Steven Valentine lives downstairs from the unhappy couple. He secretly desires Mercy but her husband is in the way. Steven will do whatever it takes to possess the woman of his dreams, even if that makes him an accomplice to murder.  

Details

Year
2008
Type of project
Features
Running time
94 mins
Format
HDV
Director
Marimba Easmon 1st Feature
Producer
Innocent Okey Onye
Co-Producer
Innocent Okey Onye
Editor
Lalit Goyal
Screenwriter
Marimba Easmon
Director of Photography
Rob Jones
Production Designer
Lindsay Swift
Sound
Santiago Posada
Composer
Nicole Elizabeth Heel
Principal cast
Maria Thomas, Keith Eyles, Kevin Golding

Genre

Action Woman Director Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Ije Films

86 Courtney Street
Kennington
London SE11 5PQ
UK

info@ijefilms.com

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