Please note this event is taking place in the Green Room not the Auditorium.
The Eclectic Cinema Presents:
Swan Song (12)
USA | 2021 | 105 mins
Directed by: Todd Stephens
Starring: Udo Kier | Jennifer Coolidge | Linda Evans
We last saw Udo Kier in Bacurau (2019), where he played the violent hard-man leader of a bunch of assassins. Following a career filled with the roles of eccentric, flamboyant characters, here he is again as a very camp hairdresser, Pat Pitsenbarger. In the story, his professional life as a coiffeur is long behind him, but he responds to an unusual request to do a hair and make-up job on a corpse – that of a long-time rival and one-time friend who needs to look her best at her funeral.
Pat’s journey to do his work is long and arduous, achieved mainly on foot. So, it’s a kind of road movie, giving him the chance to reflect on his life and to meet again some of his old friends and colleagues. His adventures provide plenty of amusement, tinged with some sadness: Pat himself is not in the best of health, but determined to complete his mission.
