Twiggy

Sadie Frost / United Kingdom / 2024 / 97 min

She was born as Lesley Hornby in a working-class London home, but when she changed her name to Twiggy as a teenager, she became the world’s first international supermodel almost overnight. Twiggy was the iconic face of 1960s Swingin’ London – a period when fashion and music changed the world forever. With her androgynous look and giant eyes, she might as well have landed from another planet, and that was pretty much the effect she had on the media. All this could have become a traditional film, but with the protagonist herself as a completely irresistible guide to her own life story as both Lesley and Twiggy, director Sadie Frost has created a film that radiates British humour, energy and joie de vivre – just like Lesley herself.