“MARY’S OPTION” – FANTALK

You’re welcome to another episode of Fantalk. Today, we’re taking a look at an upcoming movie – Mary’s Option. It’s gonna be released on YouTube on Sunday, June 21, 2020 on Damilola Mike-Bamiloye’s channel. As usual, we’ll be examining production pictures and a trailer to make cast, crew and plot guesses. So, let’s do just that.

1. THE CAST

This movie stars actors like Lara Ayoola (Laide’s Note 2019; The Prime Suspect 2020), Ayobami Olakunle (Gone Back Home 2012; The Prime Suspect 2020), Kayode Owojori (The Final Contest 2017; The Counsellor 2018), Oluwaseun Adejumobi (The Boomerang 2017; The Train 2020), Orogunle Funmilayo (The Boomerang), Morolayo Idowu (Dire 2019), Oguma Matha (My Mother-in-Law 2020), Remilekun Mosiko (The Stalker), Ayodeji Olaleye (Block 10 2018) and a host of others.

2. THE CREW

Mary’s Option was written and produced by Seun Adejumobi while it was directed by John Oguntuase. The DOP is Kunle Adepoju, Continuity is Ayo Olaleye, the Soundman is Raphael Oluwaseun, Lightman is Mark Olalekan, Make up was done by Dare Norman, the Production Manager is Kenny Olowolafe, and the Executive Producer is Pastor Mrs Cole.

3. THE PLOT

According to the producer, Mary’s Option is an adaptation of the popular Martha, Mary, Lazarus story with Jesus told in a contemporary way. With that knowledge, we can deduce that Omolara Ayoola plays the Martha role as she is seen to be mad at her servants who seem not to have made adequate preparations for a visitor or a party. She’s apparently a boss and sets high standards for herself and those who work for her. Then, we see Ayobami Olakunle who we know almost certainly is Mary Douglas and she has a business outfit that designs and sells women’s clothes – Mary Douglas Couture. It seems like she’s making some plans in an apartment that is partly furnished. It seems like she’s going to quit her current job because she feels she’s in the wrong place and that there’s something better out there for her. I can guess that she’s related to Ayoola’s character; we can safely assume that they are sisters and Ayobami’s character has moved in with her sister, who warns her not to come to her for any money. Mosiko is likely Ayoola’s right hand man.

Kayode Owojori is a pastor who offers someone deep counsel about purpose in life. It seems like even Martha has challenges and they come to the fore when she’s alone or on her own. Rufus, the Lazarus character, here is seen losing his life and then later dies and is about to be buried, already in the coffin when Owojori’s character declares those words of life.

I think the trailer is really like two-in-one because Mary and Martha have been prominent so far and then it ends with the doctor losing Rufus, till he’s about to give up the ghost. But then there’s more, and it gives us more insight into this story.

My guess is that Mary, Martha and Rufus have a successful father in whose company they all work, at least initially, and he has declared his intentions to step back from the running of the company and well, someone is excited about it – John Oguntuase’s character – he probably has ulterior motives to that joy, but then, I think that this presents Martha with the opportunity to step up to the plate and in case anyone was thinking she couldn’t do it because of her gender, she is bent on proving herself and she regards it as something to be fought for. Due to a chain of events, she’s forced to ask herself the meaning of life; she wonders why it seems that nothing bothers Mary.

Rufus is dead here and the last scene of the trailer features something only God can do, for it seems he rises up from the dead.

Something I really like about this trailer is that there is a contrast between the last shots of the two halves of the trailer. While a natural man can only say “Stay with me”, a child of God can declare a thing and it is established.

To watch the trailer, click below: