Swan Song (Off the CUFF)

Our Off the CUFF Series is heading back to Globe Cinema for our first in-person event since October! See the SXSW Selected comedy about a retired hairdresser who sets out on an epic journey to confront the ghosts of his past - and collect the beauty supplies necessary for the job.

SYNOPSIS
SWAN SONG follows retired hairdresser and local bar performer icon Pat Pitsenbarger (Udo Kier) who has given up on life from the confines of his small-town Sandusky, Ohio nursing home. But when Pat gets word that a former client's dying wish was for him to style her final hairdo, he sets out on an epic journey across Sandusky to confront the ghosts of his past - and collect the beauty supplies necessary for the job. SWAN SONG is a comical and bittersweet journey about rediscovering oneself, and looking gorgeous while doing so.

CREDITS 
Director: Todd Stephens
Cast: Jennifer Coolidge, Udo Kier, Linda Evans, Michael Urie

OFFICIAL SELECTION 
SXSW 2021

"You’ve never seen Udo Kier like this before." – Variety  

"Beautiful, smart, irreverent, and really f*cking funny, it’s a comedy that celebrates, condemns, and champions, all with the extravagant attitude of a queen. Simply put, it’s divine." – Pajiba

"A wonderful role for the eternally outré Kier" – The Hollywood Reporter  

OFF THE CUFF is a year-round series presented by the Calgary Underground Film Festival. For those films we just can't make work with our festival dates, we go off the CUFF.