Counting Stars

Woolwich. Club Paradise. Valentine’s Night. Nigerian nightclub toilet attendants Abiodun and Sophie brace themselves for the busiest night of the year. Tonight Abiodun and Sophie are also marking their one year anniversary together having met in Paradise: united in love, divided by a toilet wall.

But as the countdown to midnight and the end of their shift begins, bosses, exes and clubbers threaten to stall the anniversary plans of the young lovers. Will Abiodun and Sophie make it back in time for their very own Valentine’s celebration?

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