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Birthday Girl
Film / 2019

Birthday Girl

Directed by Portia A. Buckley
Drama

This film relishes us with a true, intricate and accurate depiction of underrepresented characters, unspoken family dynamics and unheard communities in Manchester’s notorious Moss Side. Centred around B, a middle-aged woman balancing her role as a mother to an overprotective son, and her intimate relationships with other men. The film explores what happens when these two worlds collide.

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This film relishes us with a true, intricate and accurate depiction of underrepresented characters, unspoken family dynamics and unheard communities in Manchester’s notorious Moss Side. Centred around B, a middle-aged woman balancing her role as a mother to an overprotective son, and her intimate relationships with other men. The film explores what happens when these two worlds collide.

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