Liverpool 1960. Art students, Cyn and John, find their blossoming romance in a state of flux as music and fame starts to overtake their passion.
Cinematography
Grainy 16mm that breathes like a memory you're not sure is yours.
Acting
Smyth's eyes do three acts of storytelling without dialogue.
Director
Ben Desmond
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film reclaims Cynthia Lennon's narrative from footnote status, centering the woman erased by Beatlemania's mythology.
Desmond shot this as his NFTS graduation film; the 1960s Liverpool street was rebuilt on a shoestring budget in modern-day Manchester.