Effi O Blaenau
15
Why watch?
“At different points in the story, Effi stands as a proxy for a range of different deeper-rooted messages. But she also never ceases to be a young woman fighting to live an authentic life with the opportunities ahead she should be afforded as a basic right. In walking these different lines of symbolism and authenticity of story, the sincerity of Leisa Gwenllian’s performance is the heart of the film, and one can’t help but care for her deeply.”
Wendy Cook,
Head of Cinema
Hyde Park Pick: Effi o Blaenau
Effi is a young woman desperate to escape a town where the pubs are closed, the jobs have vanished and her grandmother works night shifts in the local chip shop just to get by. A chance encounter in a Llandudno nightclub with injured soldier Lee briefly opens a door to something better. The reality that follows is far tougher however as she faces the future as a single, unemployed mother-to be.