Pelo MaloLabel: Axiom FilmsDescription: PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Junior is nine years old growing up on a housing project in Venezuela with his recently widowed mother Marta and his baby brother. Searching for an identity without a father-figure Junior feels marginalised by his mother s preoccupation with his younger brother. When school term approaches and Junior s yearbook photo is to be taken he decides to straighten his stubbornly curly hair. Sharing a love of music and singing Junior s grandmother introduces him to her favourite sixties crooner Henry Stephen ( My Lemon My Lemon Tree ) and suggests he might like to imitate the look for the school photo. As Junior s fixation with his appearance grows it soon puts him at odds with his mother. Overwhelmed with searching for a job to provide for her family she finds it increasingly difficult to tolerate Junior s personality and tries to induce him into macho ways convinced his obsessions are in fact signs of his undefined sexuality... REVIEW Playful perceptive and poignant as well as highly entertaining. --EmpireImpressively multi-layered… powerful. --VarietyGem of a film --Daily Express
