Gypo is the story of a working class family in Margate, Kent, a town where immigrants have become the focus of most of the public's discontent. The film tells the story of the a couple of weeks in this family's life, beginning when a young Czech girl, Tash, comes to visit. The film is made in the Dogme95 tradition, so no costumes, no lighting, no props or sets, which gives the film a gritty texture appropriate to the story.
Direction
Jan Dunn's fearless Dogme95 commitment.
Acting
Pauline McLynn's quietly devastating restraint.
Production
Genuine Margate locations, zero artificiality.
Director
Jan Dunn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in 2004, Gypo eerily predicts the 2016 Brexit referendum's anti-immigrant rhetoric—Margate itself later became a UKIP stronghold.
Dogme95's 'no costumes' rule meant actors wore their own clothes; Pauline McLynn's character thus literally inhabits the actor's own class position.
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