Love And Status
A Family of three people: Ceddrick retired from the army and newly appointed as Chief Justice and a loving father to his only daughter. Anna a house maid turned wife to Ceddrick and she treasures her daughter a lot. Becky a stubborn young girl that is all about having fun and partying because her family is in a good financial position and she receives unconditional love from her mother. She is the daughter of Ceddrick and Anna.
Becky is escorted around by a body guard because of Ceddrick’s newly attained work position. She threatens to blackmail her bodyguard with false accusations to be able to let her go spend some fun time with her best friend Carol who both love drinking and clubbing.
In a turn of events Becky gets drunk at a club and she is caught on cameras urinating in the parking lot of the club. The video of the incident goes viral and gets Ceddrick’s attention whose honor is disgraced given his position in the country.
In rage Ceddrick decides to fire the bodyguard for having been careless to let her daughter make a nuisance of herself, he also grounds the daughter to never step out of the house at any cost. Ceddrick hires a new bodyguard Ivan who is ordered to be strict, vicious and never let Becky out of his sight. Ivan takes Ceddrick’s words literally and follows Becky Everywhere including her room and the restrooms.
Due to spending more time with each other Becky and Ivan started to get feeling for each other and confessed how they felt about each other and sealed the confession with a kiss. Becky later calls her best friend Carol to tell her about the incident with Ivan, but in the process Ceddrick walks into her room to lift the restrictions he had put on her only to overhear her conversation with Carol about kissing Ivan. This makes Ceddrick so angry and starts looking for Ivan everywhere and Ivan is nowhere to be seen.
Becky later decides to run away with Ivan and she gets interrupted by her Dad in the process and tells her that if she leaves the house she is never to step foot again in his house. Nonetheless Becky decides to go to her new found love with takes a toll on Ceddrick because he was found of her and her presence meant everything to him so he resorts to abusing alcohol until appoint where his wife Anna decided to approach him and asked him to call his daughter back if he missed her that much.
Becky returns to her father’s home with her body guard turned lover Ivan and they are both welcomed at home.
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Rodney DhikusookaDirector
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Rodney DhikusookaWriter
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Rodney DhikusookaProducer
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Noella SimbiKey Cast"Becky "
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Martha NankabirwaKey Cast"Anna"
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Nawab ShakaramKey Cast"Ivan"
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Emmanuel AtuhaireKey Cast"Henry "
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Steve BassKey Cast"Ceddrick"
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Shiela CyrstalKey Cast"Carol"
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Candy Kembabazi LiousKey Cast"Flavia "
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Project Type:Feature
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Runtime:1 hour 14 minutes 57 seconds
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Completion Date:December 10, 2021
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Production Budget:8,000 USD
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Country of Origin:Uganda
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Country of Filming:Uganda
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Black Magic
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
Rodney Dhikusooka aged 29 is an award winning actor turned Director. He has been acting for 7 years before he chose to completely step behind the camera on his first feature Film project called Love and Status which is written and directed by him. He is inspired by true life events and his art for the screen motion.
On a journey to tell great stories with mind blowing visuals, Love And Status is the first Film of the many to come. You have not experienced life until your eyes see your story come to life on a record that will be remembered for generations. Special thanks to crew and cast, thanks for enabling me tell my story.