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Okwe works during the day as a minicab driver and during the night
in the Baltic Hotel on the front desk despite the fact that he is a
qualified doctor in his native home of Lagos. He sacrifices sleep so
he can work two jobs, resorting in him having to chew a special
plant in order for him to be able to stay awake. He also promises his
boos at the minicab office that he will try and get him some pills to
clear a sexually transmitted infection his boss has caught in return
for more work in the South London area. Okwe shows a dedicated
work ethic, however despite his relentless struggle he lacks any
dividend for his efforts. His status as an illegal immigrant mean that
he is unable to purchase a property, and so he must sleep on the
sofa of Senay, another immigrant seeking asylum who we find out
after she is visited by immigration officers is not allowed to have
anyone stay with her. Though they are from different backgrounds
and in London because of different circumstances they are bound
together by a loyalty to help each other. BLAHBLAH explains, ‘They
are all united in resisting the wider society’s homogenising or
assimilationist thrust’ Most of the characters in the film are all
ethnically different; however Okwe is helped by each one of them.
The Chinese coroner provides Okwe with drugs for his boss and later
a place to sleep at night, the Arab café owner provides him with a
plant to keep him awake so he can carry out his two jobs and Juliet,
a black prostitute contracted to work at the hotel helps him and
Senay with their plot against Juan to escape London with their fake
passports.