Joseph Quinn Make Up is a 2019 British psychological thriller film, written and directed by Claire Oakley.
[2][3][4][5] It is Oakley's debut feature, set in a wintry caravan park in St Ives, Cornwall.
[6] As of 2022[update], the film had received a 98% score on review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes.
[7] Ruth is dropped off to a caravan park in Cornwall to live with her boyfriend Tom, who works there.
She meets Shirley, the park manager, and Kai, the maintenance assistant.
Ruth takes the clothes to the laundry and she sees Tom speaking to a red-haired girl.
Ruth asks Tom if he knows a girl with red hair; he refuses to answer.
Instead they both have a dance but Ruth remembers the lipstick on the mirror and bites Tom, who is taken aback but hugs her.
Shirley says that the sea is a great healer, and hires Ruth to work in the caravans.
While walking back home, Ruth is aggressively approached by a German Shepherd.
The following day Ruth is working on linen, where she meets Jade again as well as a young girl named Kippa.
Ruth sees a long red hair wig and asks Jade if she wears them.
While at work, Ruth finds a brown furry jacket, putting it on and checking how she looks in the mirror.
Kai enters and says that Ruth can take care of herself, enraging Tom even more.
Ruth gets scared and leaves in a hurry, getting drenched due to heavy rain.
In a nearby empty caravan she sees the red-haired girl inside, who looks at Ruth.
Ruth sees Jade smoking from a distance, but doesn't approach her.
Tom says that April, the next door neighbour, has gone missing, and there's a search party being organised.
There's a flashback to the shower scene where Ruth sees two women having sex.
Ruth comes out of the sea exhausted and frightened and is comforted by Jade, who helps her get dry.
Jade gives Ruth her jacket, but Tom and Kai suddenly start fighting.
She changes, and puts on the brown furry coat and red hair wig.
In the last scene, we see Ruth in calm waters smiling as Jade on the beach looks on.