If you’ve ever been to Lagos, you know that traffic jams are to its citizens what water is to fish. So this Nigerian drama picks a hot-button topic in the form of a light-railway project being mounted by private investor Folarin (Ozzy Agu). In some ways, Over the Bridge is couched in the normal aspirational Nollywood framework that lionises middle class mores, but it also has an unusually scrutinising eye, targeting corrupt business as well as putting mental health under the spotlight.
“Light-railway golden boy” Folarin is in danger of becoming a pariah. His much-awaited dream project is stalling, dogged with financial issues. Before it goes out to tender to international investors, he is under pressure from his boss Michael (Paul Adams) to plug a $16m gap in accounts due to dealings with some dodgy contractors. Prone to zoning out during press conferences, taking sneaky hip-flask tipples at work and missing fertility appointments with his wife Jumoke (Segilola Ogidan), Folarin is cracking under the pressure.
