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Married but Living Single (2012)

Married but Living Single poster
Directed by
Tunde Olaoye
Genre
romance film
Country
Nigeria
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman with a high-powered career must decide whether to take time off work to care for her husband after he is diagnosed with lung cancer or continue pursuing a major business deal.

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What happens

Married but Living Single is a 2012 Nigerian romantic drama film, directed by Tunde Olaoye and starring Funke Akindele, Joseph Benjamin, Joke Silva, Tina Mba, Kiki Omeili and Femi Brainard. The film was inspired by a book of the same name by Pastor Femi Faseru of KICC Lagos and tells the story of Kate (Funke Akindele), a career driven woman who's married to an entrepreneur, Mike (Joseph Benjamin). Mike is diagnosed with lung cancer; Kate has to choose to either take a break from work to be with her husband while he recuperates from his surgery or stay dedicated to her company which now stands a big chance of winning an important contract with a big telecommunication company. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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