Dir: Marc Evans | UK | 2026 | 91 mins | Subtitled

Cast | Leisa Gwenllian, Tom Rhys Harries, Nel Rhys Lewis, Owen Alun

 

Based on Gary Owen's much lauded and widely performed one-woman play Iphigenia in Splott, Effi o Blaenau is director Marc Evans' (Mr Burton, Patagonia) blistering cinematic interpretation, set against the wide open landscapes of North Wales.  

Effi (Leisa Gwenllian) is desperate to escape a town where the pubs are closed, the jobs have vanished and her grandmother works night shifts in the local chippy just to get by. A chance encounter with injured soldier Lee (Tom Rhys Harries) briefly opens a door to something better. For a moment, Effi glimpses a life she never imagined, but the reality that follows is far tougher. As she faces the future as a single, unemployed mother-to-be, Effi's story exposes a stark social crisis: a system with too few maternity wards, too few midwives and too many impossible choices made from necessity rather than care. Gwenllian gives a searing performance as Effi, evoking condemnation and sympathy in equal measure.

 

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