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Effi o Blaenau

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The film follows Effi, a young woman who learns firsthand 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.

Critics Reviews

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Kevin Maher The Times (UK) 20h
4/5
Gwenllian does all the heavy lifting in what is essentially a one-woman show. Go to Full Review Fatima Sheriff Little White Lies 22h
3/5
What could have been a story about a working-class girl saved by motherhood, or a windfall, or a man, becomes more complex, and it takes swallowing her pride and finding solidarity with the women around her for Effi to find her saving grace. Go to Full Review Danny Leigh Financial Times 1d
4/5
...the film is a portrait of life as it truly is — tough to the point of cruelty, yet still, somehow, stubbornly wonderful. Go to Full Review Darryl Griffiths Movie Marker 1d
5/5
A stunning achievement for Welsh cinema. Effi O Blaenau is an urgent, exceptionally performed piece of social realism. Go to Full Review Alistair Harkness Scotsman 3d
Played with live-wire rawness by up-and-comer Leisa Gwenllian, the eponymous Effi’s vodka-soaked defiance is both a product of and a reaction to socio-economic and political forces over which she’s had no say... Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Marc Evans

Director

Leisa Gwenllian

Effi

Tom Rhys Harries

Lee

Sion Eifion

Actor

Gavin Lee Lewis

Pete Desford

Owen Alun

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Effi o Blaenau

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Movie Info

Synopsis The film follows Effi, a young woman who learns firsthand 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.
Director
Marc Evans
Producer
Branwen Cennard
Production Co
S4C
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Welsh
Runtime
1h 30m