Friday 26th November

Kinky Boots

Funny, warm, with characters you care about, "Kinky Boots" says something about societal attitudes towards those who are different and what it truly means to be a man. 

This is a delightful film based on a true story about the travails of a shoe manufacturing factory set in Northampton. When Charlie Price takes over the family shoe business, he discovers the company is practically out of business. After laying off a bunch of people, one of the young women he's making redundant tells him the company needs to find its niche. He finds it by accident when he helps a drag queen named Lola (Chiwetel Ejiofor) in a moment of distress. After watching Lola's shows, Charlie decides the niche will be shoe wear for "a variety of men," – who have trouble finding women’s shoes that fit, and are strong enough to carry their weight.

He invites Lola to Northampton to help design and test the shoes.

It's not as easy as it sounds. Charlie has a whole load of issues to overcome as does Lola in learning to trust and respect Charlie... and that is not to mention the factory crew who struggle with this new relationship in the traditional firm.

Kinky Boots is a splendid colourful little film with a big heart - a simple message and a simple story to tell about real people told with heart and soul without throwing the message 'in your face'.

The delightful camera-work dances to the tune of the wonderful score

Feel uplifted and leave with a smile.

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