A 40-minute love letter to British women who'll set you right while cutting your hair.
A film on the staff and customers of three Blackpool hair-dressing salons as they discuss the many facets of life. Stories of love, loss and gritty determination to carry on and make the best of things with a sense of humour abound.
Direction
Lowthorpe's invisible hand lets women speak for themselves.
Production
Captures 90s Blackpool with nostalgic, unvarnished authenticity.
Director
Philippa Lowthorpe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Blackpool salons served as informal therapy spaces for working-class Northern women long before 'self-care' became mainstream wellness jargon.
Director Philippa Lowthorpe went on to direct episodes of 'The Crown' — her knack for finding grandeur in ordinary women's lives started here.
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