BBC HomeExplore the BBC
This page was last updated in June 2005We've left it here for reference.More information

30 December 2009
Accessibility help
Text only
Storyville BBC Four

BBC Homepage
BBC Television
Get BBC Four
FAQ

Contact Us

Like this page?
Send it to a friend!

 
Closing Down
  CLOSING DOWN
Alessandro Rossetto, Italy, 2002
Monday 6 June 2005 9pm-10pm
 
 

Flavia has been a hairdresser in Padua for 40 years. Many of her clientele have grown old with the business, but it's time to shut up shop and retire.

 
 
STORYVILLE HOMEPAGE
What's on this week and features on previous films
  Storyville Homepage: DA Pennebaker
HAVE YOUR SAY
Share your thoughts on the film with other viewers
Have Your Say

 STORYVILLE NEWSLETTER

  Nick Fraser

Commissioner's Comment
Nick Fraser
Storyville Series Editor

 
 

Another hairdressing salon, this one in the suburbs of Padua, and belonging to the filmmaker's mother.

The old ladies are surprisingly similar to the ones in Blackpool, but the heart of the film lies in a weary recognition of the fact that we spend almost our whole lives working and are never sure what to think when the time comes finally to be dragged away.

It is also a very funny study about small town life in Italy.

 Storyville Homepage

 


About the BBC | Help | Terms of Use | Privacy & Cookies Policy