Luxor Community Cinema - Effi O Blaenau (cert15)

Mae Effi’n dod o Flaenau Ffestiniog, lle mae’r tafarndai wedi cau, mae’r swyddi wedi diflannu, ac mae unig incwm y teulu yn dod o swydd ran amser ei nain yn y siop jips. Mewn clwb nos yn Llandudno, mae Effi’n cwrdd â rhywun sy’n rhoi cipolwg o fywyd iddi nad ydy hi wedi’i ddychmygu, ond mae’r realiti sy’n dilyn yn ei deffro o’r freuddwyd yn ysgytiol. Gyda pherfformiad canolog tanbaid gan Leisa Gwenllian, dyma ddehongliad sinematig o’r ddrama Iphigenia in Splott gan Gary Owen, a berfformiwyd gyntaf yn Theatr y Sherman yn 2015 cyn mynd ymlaen i gael ei pherfformio ledled y byd.

Effi is a young woman from Blaenau Ffestiniog, a town where the pubs are closed, the jobs have vanished, and the only family income is coming from part-time shifts her grandmother does in the chip shop. A chance encounter in a Llandudno nightclub gives Effi a glimpse of a life she has never imagined, but the reality that follows brings her down to Earth with a bump. With a blistering central performance from Leisa Gwenllian, this is a cinematic interpretation of Gary Owen’s play Iphigenia in Splott, whose life began in the Sherman Theatre in 2015 before being performed around the world.

Welsh with English subtitles