QFT Late: Polyester (Odorama Screening)

BBFC RatingQFT Late: Polyester (Odorama Screening)

Showing: 28 February 2026

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Sat 28 Feb 2026

Certificate15
Year1981
GenreComedy
Director(s)John Waters
Writer(s)John Waters
LanguageEnglish
CountryUSA
Running Time1HR 25MINS
Season QFT Late - Cult & Classic

For his first studio picture, filth maestro John Waters (Pink Flamingos) took advantage of his biggest budget yet to allow his muse Divine to sink his teeth into a role unlike any he had played before: Baltimore housewife Francine Fishpaw, a heroine worthy of a Douglas Sirk melodrama.

Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine turns to the bottle as her life falls apart—until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow (vintage heartthrob Tab Hunter).

One of Waters’ most hilarious inventions, Polyester is replete with stomach-churning smells, sadistic nuns, AA meetings, and foot stomping galore.

Attendees will be provided with a Scratch 'n' Sniff card and will be instructed by the film when to rub the number on the card and experience all the ‘delightful’ smells at the same time as Francine does on screen.


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