Buffalo Niagara Film Festival - Buffalo and Niagara Falls, NY, USA

Split Ends

Manningtree, New Jersey is a little town on the brink of extinction. The 19th 
century storefronts of Old Town are being threatened by an international development cabal, North Sea Assets. North Sea is preparing to raze Old Town and replace it with a massive mall/luxury condo complex named – incongruously – Cortona. 

If Cortona is built, a dozen mom and pop businesses will be bought out and uprooted, and if anyone refuses to sell, North Sea Assets is prepared to use eminent domain law to pry the Old Towners off of their property.

When our story begins, Cortona has a great shot at being approved. Manningtree’s portly Mayor, Tiny Provenzano, has a vested interest in Cortona’s success, and North Sea’s point man, the charming Warren Brown, is determined to remove any obstacle in its way.

That obstacle is Scottish-born Lizzie Munro. She owns and operates The Paisley Set hair salon in Manningtree. Lizzie is over 40, vibrant, witty, and quite capable of attracting male attention. Her salon caters to the locals, and while Lizzie’s not making a fortune in the beauty game, she earns enough to get by and keep three local beauticians employed – worldly-wise Jacquie, bohemian waif Ashley, and a wry Pakistani immigrant, Mehar. 

Lizzie's world -- including her business, her friendships, and her already-complicated love life-- is turned upside down by the looming development project. Lizzie does battle with the developers and herself as she fights to save her town.

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Exact Runtime
01 hr : 23 min : 00 sec

Date of Completion
January 2009

Country of Production
U S A

Country of Filming
U S A