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SAOIRSE

Working mother Yvonne struggles to maintain harsh beauty standards, not realising that her young daughter Saoirse is watching and taking notes.  

 

“Saoirse” portrays the extreme pressure felt by women and girls to live up to unrealistic imaging of the female body.  

 

Written & Directed by Sinead Ralston.
A Sudden Moves Production.

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A note from Sinead Ralston on her film:

“Saoirse” portrays the extreme pressure felt by women and girls to live up to unrealistic imaging of the female body.

 

The idea for the film came to me through watching hours of Friends and Fuller House re-runs with my son and daughter.

Over episodes that were supposed to span years, the female characters were permanently professionally styled.

But the level of physical modification was never addressed. All that thought, planning and effort was not allowed to be part of the story. The silent message was that women were supposed to just be like this, before the story started.

 

I believe this plays out in women’s and girls’ lives every day. Get that hair off your armpit before you go to the gym.

Get that layer of foundation on before you face the world every morning. Get that filler into your lips before you take the picture. Because what’s there naturally is not acceptable. 

 

The word “Saoirse” means “freedom”. How free are we? What’s stopping us from being free?

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"Saoirse" is currently on the film festival circuit having screened in Ireland, Canada, and the US, and won an award at the Toronto Women Film Festival.

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