DramaYear2024Duration1h 48mIMDb7.4

With Difficulty Comes Ease

Drama

A widowed Muslim woman endures the confines of her mother-in-law's home where she must remain until the end of her mandatory mourning period. Burdened with financial woes and a secret pregnancy, an unlikely friendship becomes her lifeline.

Trailer

Cast

KA

Korede Azeez

Director

LA

Laraba Abdullahi

Rayan's Neighbour

AA

Abdullah Adamu

Landlord's Boy

MA

Mnena Akpera

Transport Clerk 1

UB

Ummi Baba-Ahmed

Hajiya

ID

Ibrahim Daddy

Umar

Michelle Dede

Nene

SD

Sydney Diala

Landlord

GJ

Gloria Johnson

Maman Hadiza

JM

Jaffar Mahmoud Mahmoud

Imam's Boy

MM

Mordecai Markeins

Transport Clerk 2

MM

Magaji Mijiwana

Alhaji Danjuma

IN

Ibrahim Nasiru

Imam

AO

Akanji Ogendeko

NPC Staff

FK

Fashugbah Khadijah Oluwakemi

Marriage Registry Staff

Uzoamaka Aniunoh

Zainab

CR

Caleb Richards

Rayyan

JT

John Tsado

Transport Company Staff

MY

Mohammed Yakubu

Landlord's Boy

KA

Korede Azeez

Writer

Comments

5 Comments

OPNsLUOct 10, 2024

why are they speaking hausa thou

👑 _MALìK_ 👑❤Oct 10, 2024

GuchiSep 9, 2024

user2977983201791Sep 9, 2024

The film was a breath of fresh air and a powerful tale that needed to be told! Korede Azeez really stepped up her game, and this movie stands above her previous works👏 DELICIOUS -There's nothing better than an original script, especially when Nollywood tends to recycle the same stories. Seeing a widow burdened by financial woes and struggling to connect in a different environment was gripping from start to finish -Solid performance: Uzoamaka Aniunoh (playing Zainab) understood her assignment and delivered! Her body language and line delivery were in unison; she poured out her intense hardship. Caleb Richards (playing Rayyan) was adequately elegant and diplomatic😍 -The film made great use of "less is more" with few dialogues in order to give us the chance to appreciate the unspoken emotions -Greatly appreciate that the screenplay dived into the psychology of the characters. We were able to understand how Zainab forged her identity and other characters' personalities BLAND -Sound engineering was regrettably unrefined, lots of background noise😣 -The lack of a parallel story made the film a bit monotonous with Zainab appearing in every scene Overall, kudos to Korede Azeez for improving her craft!

BryATK✨Sep 9, 2024

This powerful tale of faith, love, family and betrayal is better than I expected and I had high expectations based on the trailer. The potrayal of religious converts/reverts is one that we do not see often on screen. Interestingly the fallout of conversion from Christianity to islam is not the centerpiece of this story. It's a story of a woman who has lost her husband and now has to pick up the pieces to avoid financial ruin. The movie could have been called iddah, as the whole movie takes place during this period in the life of Ene/Zainab the main protagonist, where she mourns her dead husband. There is a love story there but it is not the main story, yet the love story is very well done as we find two characters whose faith journeys are similar but whose paths were slightly different. The family dynamics and seamless use of Hausa while celebrating the ethnic and religious diversity of Nigeria was very tender and intentional. This might be where Ummi Baba Ahmed will get the acting accolades she deserves. Her understated relatable portrayal of Hajiya, a mother in mourning and an abrasive mother in law is a masterclass in immersive acting. A good watch, the tender moment where zainab speaks hausa to her mother in law and breaks her, will bring a few tears. Loved it.

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