[ 2013-12-28 ]

Take time to enjoy my 'Potomanto' - Frimpong-Mans
Multiple award-wining movie producer and director,
Shirley Frimpong-Manso, has repeatedly set the
standards in the Ghanaian/African movie arena,
scoring high marks that have pushed her to roll
out improved works over the last few years.

Now she is out with another intriguing movie that
is markedly outside the ususal African movie
stories of love affairs and comedy.

She tells me that with her latest film, POTOMANTO,
she intends to challenge movie lovers to ‘take
their time” to appreciate and enjoy intricate
stories that offer maximum satisfaction and life
changing lessons.

Shirley says she expects the POTOMANTO story to
‘grow” naturally in the viewers’
imaginations as they watch it.

“I don not want them to correctly predict the
end of the story right from the first few scenes.
We have got to move away from that in order to
encourage our viewers to enjoy our stories
better”.

She says she knows that Ghanaians and movie lovers
around the globe like good films with excellent
storylines, sharp pictures and clearer sound among
others, and that is exactly what she is presenting
in POTOMANTO, which is currently showing at the
Silverbird Cinemas in Accra.

The word POTOMANTO is a corrupted version of the
French word Portmanteau which means, large
suitcase.

In the movie, ex-police office Adane is angry
about being cheated on, so he sets out to take his
pound of flesh when he employs his skills to
catching women who cheat on their men.

But he is in for a real cat and mouse game when he
is hired to catch Susan, the alluring wife of a
wealthy Nigerian businessman.

However, the chase takes a different turn as a
string of bizarre murders among seemingly young
hustlers engulf the community. Soon, it becomes
apparent that the pursuit of greener pastures has
manifested in a diabolical plot of illegal organ
harvesting leavings its ignorant victims maimed or
dead.

What follows is a terrifying race against time
where two people from opposite sides of the law
must face horrific dangers in an attempt to stop
the canker that is annihilating the entire
generation.

Starring Adjetey Anang, Olu Jacobs, Yvonne Okoro,
Marie Humbert, Mikki Osei-Berko (Master Richard of
Taxi Driver fame), POTOMANTO was premiered on
December 20 at the Silverbird Cinema in Accra.

To give its numerous patrons and prospective fans
more value for their money, Sparrow Productions
has repositioned itself with the launch of what it
calls the “The 4 BIG THINGS” – A new movie
(POTOMANTO), a new logo that expresses its values
and new direction.

It has also put one of its most popular
productions, Adams Apples Season Two on DVD to
make it more accessible to the people; and has
launched a website the “Sparrow Station| where
short films will be made available for quick
viewing.

For the past six years, Shirley Frimpong Manso and
her Sparrow Productions team have released some
fine films that have raked in several awards
locally and internationally. They include, the
Perfect Picture, A Sting In A Tale, Six Hours To
Christmas and Adams Apples.

Source - Daily Graphic

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