MAKE UP

By Claire OAKLEY

PROTAGONIST PICTURES - as SALES

Drama - Completed 2019

After Ruth moves in with her boyfriend in a remote holiday park, tensions rise as she makes an unsettling discovery that lures her into a spiral of obsession.

Festivals
& Awards

BFI London FF 2019
SXSW 2020
Rotterdam IFFR 2020
Goteborg IFF 2020
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • Unknown, UNITED KINGDOM
    • Director(s)
    • Claire OAKLEY
    • Writer(s)
    • Claire OAKLEY
    • Producer(s)
    • Emily MORGAN (QUIDDITY FILMS LTD.)
    • Synopsis
    • When reserved teenager Ruth (Molly Windsor) finds a smeared lipstick stain on her boyfriend Tom’s (Joseph Quinn) mirror and a strand of red hair on his T-shirt, a sense of unease creeps into their caravan.
      Refusing to confront Tom with the discovery, Ruth’s mind whirls with spectres of jealousy. When she starts to work with the confident and vivacious Jade (Stefanie Martini), her scarlet nails and the hint of red in her hair amplifies Ruth’s growing fixation.
      Ruth tries to keep her misgivings at bay but her haunting suspicions begin to feed an obsession that threatens her relationship with Tom. As a distance opens up between them, Ruth finds herself both intrigued and fearful of getting closer to Jade. Little did she know something entirely different from jealousy may be haunting her...