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| Friday 19th | 11.00am | Triskel Arts Centre |
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When Cindy married a rock star, Frank, in 1983 she imagined a life of glamour and Grammys. But the song that propelled Frank to fame, Whirly Girl, would be the only chart-topper from his short-lived group, OXO. Years later, out of shape and nearly bankrupt after spending his money on gas, food, dry cleaning and drugs, Frank is not the vision Cindy married.
Desperate to resuscitate her dream, Cindy furnishes a new studio for Frank in hopes he’ll record another hit. Instead, he’d rather drink. Upset by his lack of ambition, Cindy berates him incessantly. And now, twenty-three years after appearing on American Bandstand, Frank lives sequestered to the basement where he uses coffee cans as his improvised bathroom.
Both appalled and amused by his parents’ behaviour, Cindy’s filmmaker son, G J, picks up his video camera and aims it at them. After a year of filming, what began as an attempt to mock his one-hit-wonder stepfather instead becomes a candid portrait of the pursuit of happiness.
Finding out as much about himself as his parents this film is something of a comic tragedy - and yet neither Frank nor Cindy seems to lose hope, so why should we? Whether this film inspires you to laugh or cry it will certainly move you. - Raindance Film Festival |
