Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller Girl (2005)
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67% of critics liked it
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45% of users liked it
(726 ratings)
The life of Ireland's Travelers is viewed through the eyes of a ten-year-old girl whose journeys find her itinerant family frequently clashing with the more mainstream components of Irish culture in this drama that was the result of a collaboration between first-time filmmaker Perry Ogden and… More The life of Ireland's Travelers is viewed through the eyes of a ten-year-old girl whose journeys find her itinerant family frequently clashing with the more mainstream components of Irish culture in this drama that was the result of a collaboration between first-time filmmaker Perry Ogden and members of the Traveler community. Despite living in relative poverty, the proud Travelers hold steadfast to their belief that they carry on the Celtic tradition that has been since abandoned by modern society. Winnie (Winnie Maughan) is a young Traveler living in a ramshackle trailer with her mother and siblings in Ireland's barren industrial suburbs. While clashed with housing authorities and an educational system unequipped to deal with the wandering ways of the Travelers, each day brings a new challenge and Winnie's mother is about to negotiate the purchase of a new trailer for her family. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Perry Ogden
- Written By
- Perry Ogden, Mark Venner
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 15, 2005 Limited
Critic Reviews
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Anton Bitel, Film4
Here gritty realism meets a more poetic symbolism to expose Winnie's marginalised status without ever resorting to sentiment, preaching or indeed cliché.
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Brian Gibson, Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)
More documentary than drama even as lyric images whisper past . . . slowly burns itself into the memory.
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Matthew Turner, ViewLondon
Ogden gets impressive performances from his cast, particularly from Winnie, whose sad-eyed little face will stay with you long after you leave the cinema.
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
A harrowing film portrait of a ten-year old Irish Traveller whose life is constricted by poverty and prejudice.
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Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine
It's the complete opposite of Bresson's Mouchette and the Dardennes' Rosetta: a not-so-dense or musky fog that's easily parted and forgotten.
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