Swan Song

Pat Pitsenbarger (Udo Kier in top form) was once a master hairdresser and a gay icon in his small hometown. Now impoverished, he receives a large inheritance in the nursing home along with one final request: he is to style the hair of a recently deceased friend.

Todd Stephens concludes his trilogy about his hometown of Sandusky with this cinematic love letter to a real person who inspired not only him. And Udo Kier, himself a colorful and immortal icon of cinema, finally gets the chance to truly shine in a leading role.

“You’ve never seen Udo Kier like this before.”
— Variety

“What’s most notable about Todd Stephens’ heartfelt salute to a real-life local legend is that the campiness of its outrageous plot becomes secondary to the soulful poignancy.”
— The Hollywood Reporter