Gypo (2005)

It charts the breakdown of a working class family when the teenage daughter befriends a refugee girl. Helen has been married to Paul for 25 years. They live a monotonous and frozen ... See full summary »

Director:

Jan Dunn (uncredited)

Writer:

Jan Dunn

Stars:

Pauline McLynn, Chloe Sirene, Paul McGann

4 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Pauline McLynn	...	Helen
Chloe Sirene	...	Tasha
Paul McGann	...	Paul
Rula Lenska	...	Irina
Tamzin Dunstone	...	Kelly
Barry Latchford	...	Jimmy
Freddie Connor	...	Tasha's Husband
Tom Stuart	...	Darren
Olegar Fedoro	...	Tasha's Father
Sean Wilton	...	Art Tutor
Angelica O'Reilly	...	Prostitute
Rebecca Clow	...	Terminal Hostess
Majid Iqbal	...	Illegal Worker
Ashley McGuire	...	Penny
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Josef Altin	...	Michael

Storyline

It charts the breakdown of a working class family when the teenage daughter befriends a refugee girl. Helen has been married to Paul for 25 years. They live a monotonous and frozen existence. Helen is desperate, damaged, and looking for change. Paul - bitter, hypocritical and bigoted, sick and tired of being in the poverty trap - is on the brink of a breakdown. His biggest fear is change. Into their lives comes Tasha, a Romany Czech refugee, awaiting her British passport and her chance for freedom - a concept taken for granted by all those around her. Told in three revelatory narratives, each from a particular character's point of view, reveals how the disintegration of an ordinary working class family finally comes to a head when unexpected emotions are unleashed.

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Plot Keywords:

fear | f rated | czech in uk | czech abroad | dogme 95 | 

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Taglines:

There are three sides to every story

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Genres:

Drama | Family

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Most of the young extras were members of a Youth Theatre group - apart from Tamzin Dunstone, the lead roles were taken by relatively well-known actors.

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Crazy Credits

Santa is credited "as himself".

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Soundtracks

Rose Fingers
Music & Lyrics by Christiane Bjørg Nielsen (as Christiane Bjørg-Nielsen)
Performed by Christiane Bjørg Nielsen (as Christiane Bjørg-Nielsen)

User Reviews

good dramatic film

Gypo is an interesting British film, once again proving good stuff doesn't have to come from Hollywood. A typical(?) British family lives a life of lies and deals with things as best they can until they meet a Chec mother and daughter who change their world. Gypo is apparently Brit slang for Gypsy/immigrants. This film proves that people all over the world are intolerant of others and are hypocrites. A couple of unexpected story swings made it a little more refreshing than the often mundane screen depiction of the disintegration of a family. Since the film took the same story from several points of view, it allowed you to better understand the characters background. I was glad that they really segregated the stories, otherwise it would have been confusing. All in all a good dramatic film.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 October 2006 (UK)

Also Known As:

Cigó

Filming Locations:

Margate, Kent, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

GBP300,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$22,517

Company Credits

Production Co:

Medb Films, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Distant Eye Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1