Senior Community Cinema: Effi o Blaenau

Director Marc Evans' cinematic interpretation of the beloved one-woman show follows a directionless young woman, existing in the wide open landscapes of North Wales.

The film follows Effi (Leisa Gwenllian), a young woman who learns first-hand the personal costs of our societal shortcomings. Grappling with her weekly loop of unemployment, clubbing and hangovers, Effi has a chance encounter in a Llandudno nightclub with injured soldier Lee, briefly opening a door to something better.

For a moment, Effi glimpses a life she never imagined. The reality that follows is far tougher.

A beautiful, gritty Welsh language drama that paints a portrait of life in the Northern Welsh hills. Based on Gary Owen's much lauded and widely performed monodrama, Iphigenia in Splott (★★★★★ 'Magnificent' – The Guardian).