Dir: Daisy-May Hudson
Cast: Posy Sterling, Idil Ahmed, TerriAnn Cousins, Tegan-Mia Stanley Rhoads, Aliyah Abdi, Luke Howitt, Johanna Alitt, Andrea Lowe, Mandy Ogunmokun
100 mins

★★★★ “Powerful… an impassioned, humane and urgently performed drama” The Guardian
★★★★ ‘A gut-punching debut…devastating and hopeful’ Little White Lies
★★★★ “Deeply moving… leaves you with a sense of hope.” Time Out

When young mum Molly (Sterling) is released from prison after serving four months, she assumes it will be a matter of hours before she can pick up her children from foster care. Instead, Molly finds herself in the mother of all catch-22s: she can’t get housing because she doesn’t have her kids living with her; but she can’t get them back without a roof over her head. When Molly reconnects with her childhood friend, and fellow single mother, Amina (Ahmed), the two women join forces and take destiny into their own hands.

Written and directed by BAFTA Breakthrough Daisy-May Hudson, and featuring an all-female cast of mostly non-actors, Lollipop will break your heart and then put it back together, stronger and with more hope than ever.

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