Gypo

An innovative, gripping and engaging journey into the heart of a dysfunctional British family and their chaotic affair with a refugee girl.

Helen (Pauline McLynn) has been married to Paul (Paul McGann) for 25 years. She lives a monotonous and frozen existence. Helen is desperate, damaged, and looking for change…

Paul is on the brink of a breakdown, sick and tired of being in the poverty trap. Bitter, hypocritical, and bigoted, Paul's biggest fear is change…

Into their lives comes Tasha (Chloe Sirene), a Romany Czech refugee, awaiting her British passport and chance for freedom.

Gypo, told in three revelatory narratives from each character's perspective, relays the disintegration of a working class family and challenges myths surrounding refugees when unexpected emotions are unleashed.

WINNER Best Achievement In Production – 2005 British Independent Film Awards

“one of the finest British films of the year.” Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2005

Director Jan Dunn
UK, 2005, 98 mins