Swallow

SWALLOW is a Nigerian drama set in capital city Lagos of the 1980s. Two women room together in a dilapidated apartment, both working as assistants in the bank. Rose (Ijeoma Grace Agu) is regularly abused by her lecherous boss (Kehinde Segun Remi). When she talks back to him, he fires her. He replaces her with Rose's roommate Tolani (Eniola Akinbo, Nigerian musician known as Niyola) and the abuse begins anew. Out of money, Rose throws herself at OC (Kevin Ikeduba), a mysterious man tossing around cash at the market. He buys her nice things and it's assumed they're having sex, although there's no visual indication of it. In exchange, he expects her to swallow wrapped-up drugs and smuggle them into various international cities. Tolani is struggling with Sanwo (Deyemi Okanlawon), a hopeless boyfriend she doesn't seem to like or respect. They've been together for years but he won't marry her until he's financially established and, since he doesn't have a job, the prospects for nuptials aren't good. Tolani condemns the hypocrisy of the Christian church, the unfairness of her workplace, the idiocy of her boyfriend when he's scammed out of the money she lent him, and other annoyances.