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Gypo [2005]
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Three sides of a story...
Review date: 2007-10-03 Rating: 6 out of 10
It's strange how many sides to a story there can be. How many realities and emotions there can be to the same single fact.
This film made me think of how nothing we know of other people's life even if we thoroughly think we know the person.
A slow paced film based I think in Dover or a village nearby. The harsh reality of misunderstandings between wife and husband, mother and daughter, locals and refugees.
Have patience but it is worth watching.
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Reviews
Decent film, but perhaps a little too worthy
Review date: 2007-06-06 Rating: 6 out of 10
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.
The same story is told from the point of view of each of the three protagonists, Helen, her husband Paul, and Tash. The format has something to say about the selectiveness of memory, and how the same events can be experienced differently by different people. Certainly it does that with subtlety and sensitivity.
However, the downside of this form of story-telling is that you inevitably have a lot of repetition. This slows the film somewhat, and makes the edning visible from a long way off. Unfortunately, what it also does is make explicit the sensitive pieces of acting, so things you picked up and realised early on and spelled out in capital letters, and on one occasion with Paul with unnecessarily overt imagery.
Paul McGann puts in a great performance but for the other characters the improvised feel to the film works more unevenly - there are moments of real insight and others that jar you back.
I would give this film 3.5 stars if I could - it is worth a watch, because it has interesting things to say, but it also has its flaws.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Paul McGann
Chloe Sirene
Pauline McLynn
Creators:
Pauline McLynn (Primary Contributor)
Paul McGann (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Lions Gate Home Ent. UK Ltd
Manufacturer: Lions Gate Home Ent. UK Ltd
EAN: 5060052411013
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Anamorphic, PAL,
Release date: 2007-09-17
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Audience rating: To Be Announced
Region code: 2
Running time: 93 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2005
Language: English (Original Language)