Ridley Road

Vivien Epstein, a Jewish hairdresser from Manchester, arrives in London following the death of her father. She is looking for Jack Fox, a man she had an intense love affair with some months before. But the only address she has for him leads to a dead end. Determined to make a new life for herself, Vivien convinces Barb, the owner of Oscar's hair salon in Soho, to give her a job. There, she is swept into the colourful world of the Sixties. But still, Vivien cannot forget Jack. Then one day she finally spots Jack, but her joy is short-lived when she discovers his secret.