TWIGGY

Film subtitled in Catalan.

Short hair, false eyelashes, a teenage air—the image of the Swinging Sixties. After her documentary on Mary Quant, Sadie Frost returns to the festival with an emotional portrait of Twiggy, one of the defining faces of the 20th century.

She wasn’t the tallest or the most exuberant, but her photogenic presence made her a pop icon at just 16. In 1966, Lesley Hornby was just another girl from a London suburb, flipping through magazines featuring Patty Boyd and Jean Shrimpton. Her childhood nickname, Twigs, hinted at her agile, androgynous figure, foreshadowing the later unisex trend. A haircut, an iconic makeup look, her natural charm, and a series of photos by Barry Lategan changed everything. Sadie Frost traces Twiggy’s meteoric and unprecedented rise, as well as her multifaceted career—film, theater, books, television—beyond the world of fashion.