Gypo

Gypo

Director Jan Dunn's debut feature is shot in the Dogme style, which uses an all-natural method of shooting that abstains from professional lighting, non-diagetic music, or any action that couldn't really happen. The result is a humanistic, affecting tale of a working-class family stuck in a destructive rut; Helen (Pauline McLynn) and Paul (Paul McGann) are unhappy with their lives but unable to change. When their daughter brings home a young Czech Romany woman (Chloe Sirene), Paul reacts with prejudice and disdain, while the young woman breathes new life into Helen's existence.