The Hairdresser
Kathleen is a hairdresser. Always has been. Always will be. Even at 83, she's still doing hair. But not in the way you would expect. Her work is special. For the last 31 years, Kathleen has been primping and pampering terminally ill patients in palliative care. In this short documentary, Kathleen reflects on her experience as we bear witness to her unusual work.
| Director | Lorraine Price |
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Lorraine Price delivers, through her film The Hairdresser, a gentle look at Kathleen's daily life. Beyond the care she gives them, Kathleen offers a precious moment to the individuals she attends to. This, in turn, leads us to observe their individuality, and their sensitivity, rather than their medical condition to which they are usually reduced. The latter offers them, for a brief moment, a setting allowing them to exist differently, through considerations that are often no longer granted to them. The film translates the direct impact of her movements and words. As if by magic, while she is busy curling the patient's hair in an impersonal, even dehumanizing environment, the bars of the hospital bed suddenly seem a little less cold, the gray of the walls less dull, contrasting with the colors of the framed photos, which are much more vivid. The Hairdresser highlights what is too often neglected, considered fanciful or superfluous, and in this way underlines the sublime that characterizes Kathleen's approach.
Yulia Kaiava
Tënk Canada's editorial assistant
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Français
13 mn
Language: Français -
English
13 mn
Language: English
- Année 2021
- Pays Quebec
- Durée 13
- Producteur Lorraine Price
- Langue English, French
- Sous-titres French, English
- Résumé court Kathleen is a hairdresser with a particular specialty—she does the hair of the terminally ill in palliative care.
- Mention festival Special mention - Best Canadian Short Documentary - Hot Docs 2021
- Ordre 2
Lorraine Price delivers, through her film The Hairdresser, a gentle look at Kathleen's daily life. Beyond the care she gives them, Kathleen offers a precious moment to the individuals she attends to. This, in turn, leads us to observe their individuality, and their sensitivity, rather than their medical condition to which they are usually reduced. The latter offers them, for a brief moment, a setting allowing them to exist differently, through considerations that are often no longer granted to them. The film translates the direct impact of her movements and words. As if by magic, while she is busy curling the patient's hair in an impersonal, even dehumanizing environment, the bars of the hospital bed suddenly seem a little less cold, the gray of the walls less dull, contrasting with the colors of the framed photos, which are much more vivid. The Hairdresser highlights what is too often neglected, considered fanciful or superfluous, and in this way underlines the sublime that characterizes Kathleen's approach.
Yulia Kaiava
Tënk Canada's editorial assistant
-
Français
Duration: 13 minutesLanguage: Français13 mn -
English
Duration: 13 minutesLanguage: English13 mn
- Année 2021
- Pays Quebec
- Durée 13
- Producteur Lorraine Price
- Langue English, French
- Sous-titres French, English
- Résumé court Kathleen is a hairdresser with a particular specialty—she does the hair of the terminally ill in palliative care.
- Mention festival Special mention - Best Canadian Short Documentary - Hot Docs 2021
- Ordre 2
