Nollywood filmmaker Biodun Stephen has openly shared that her movie “Glimpse” is not just a fictional story but based on real-life events, as it encapsulates her own personal experience. She revealed this during a recent conversation with renowned media personality Chude Jideonwo.
During the initial years of her marriage, she recounted the challenges she and her husband faced in meeting their monthly house rent, recounting how they battled with financial difficulties. In the midst of these struggles, she acknowledged encountering numerous temptations that tested her resolve. However, she gratefully shared that her boss came to their aid by generously offering to cover their rent expenses.
According to her: “Glimpse’ is a true life story. It was part of our own story. In our early years of marriage, we had this landlord from hell. In fact, it was the landlord’s girlfriend that was the one from hell. She would burst into the room and say, ‘Mummy Victoria, your rent is due.’
“We [my husband and I] didn’t see where the money was coming from. There were so many choices. And I remember that conversation I had with someone who asked that I see him before helping us. At the time, my salary was N40,000, and my husband was earning N25,000 [monthly] in a law firm. Altogether, it was N65,000, and we had a kid whose school fee was N80,000.
“I remember when I went in for that meeting with that man [millionaire], he said, ‘No problem, I will give you the money tomorrow.’ And I said, ‘Okay, I will come for it tomorrow.’ And then he called me [on phone] and said, ‘I’m at this hotel, come and meet me.’ I was married with a three-year-old kid, and he wants me to meet him at a hotel because I have rent to pay. I told my husband that the man said I should come to a hotel to meet him. He said, ‘Let me drive you there.’ So, we walked into the hotel together, and the man said, ‘Ah ah! You came with your husband?’ I said, ‘Yes, he brought me.’ And the man said he forgot his chequebook. We drove back home crying. We had just three days until when the landlord’s girlfriend said she was coming.”
