A young woman with dark brown hair and striking blue eyes leans forward, gazing intensely at the camera. She wears a cream-coloured puffer jacket with the hood up around her shoulders. Her hair is slightly dishevelled, with a fringe across her forehead. The background shows an overcast rural landscape with rolling hills, dry grass, and a telegraph pole, suggesting a cold, grey day.

Effi O Blaenau

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About Effi O Blaenau

Up-and-coming star Leisa Gwenllian (On the Sea) is magnetic as hard-partying Effi, a young woman in rural Wales whose life largely revolves around drinking vodka with her mates and eating instant noodles to cure her subsequent hangovers. We’re invited to walk a mile in Effi’s shoes after a night on the town dramatically changes her life, in a dramedy that also offers commentary on the socio-economic issues faced by rural communities everywhere. 

Marc Evans’ big-screen adaptation of Gary Owen’s celebrated one-woman play Iphigenia in Splott opens it out into a spikily funny character study that is also unexpectedly poignant.
 

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Duration includes trailers, adverts and any Q&A/panel. For events such as NT Live, Colour Box and Reel & Meal there will be minimal advertising. We do not admit latecomers after the main feature has started and we have a limited food & drink policy.

MAC’s cinema programme has been generously supported by BFI Film Audience Network and Film Hub Midlands.

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