(98 mins, 15)
Directed by Jan Dunn; starring Paul McGann, Pauline McLynn, Rula Lenska, Chloe Sirene

Gypo's director, Jan Dunn, and her producer, Elaine Wickham, have taken, somewhat belatedly, the Danish Dogme group's pledge of chastity, which forbids the use of soundtrack music, artificial lighting, non-source music, camera tripods and make-up. The setting is working-class Ramsgate and the film centres on the break-up of a marriage between an insensitive, xenophobic Liverpudlian white-van driver (Paul McGann) and his ever-hopeful Irish wife who does night shifts at Asda (Pauline McLynn). What brings about the split is their relationship with two hard-working Romany Czech immigrants, a middle-aged mother (Rula Lenska) and her pretty teenage daughter (Chloe Sirene), who are in flight from abusive Czech husbands.

The events, spread over a couple of days, are presented thrice, as experienced by the Englishman, his wife and the Romany girl, each with different emphases, but without Rashomon-type contradictions. It's a rough-and-ready affair, full of positive feelings, with a highly melodramatic ending and a strong infusion of unexpected lesbian romance.