Pavee Lackeen (15)
- Consumer Advice: Contains strong language and substance abuse
- Run time: 1 hour 28 mins
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 17th February 2006
- Starring: Brian Dignam, Paddy Maughan, Rose Maughan
- Directed by: Perry Ogden
- Official Website: anlarfilms.com/v2
- Distributor: Verve Pictures
Plot Synopsis
Pavee Lackeen presents an unflinching portrait of a marginalised community often living in Third World poverty in a modern, prosperous Ireland. Filmed with a cast of mostly non-professionals, the film uses Travelling people playing characters near to their own, finding the core of the story in their own life experiences.
Pavee Lackeen tells the story of Winnie, a ten year old Irish Traveller girl, who lives with her mother and siblings in a dilapidated trailer on the side of the road in a desolate industrialised area of Dublin. The film follows Winnie through several weeks of her life as she struggles with her identity as a young Traveller girl in contemporary Ireland.
The Travelling people of Ireland maintain a culture and language which sets them apart from the rest of the population, and have been the victims of much misunderstanding and prejudice that continues to this day.
Dispelling existing stereotypes, Pavee Lackeen is an intimate portrait of a resilient and spirited young girl and her proud, dignified family struggling day by day against faceless bureaucracy, poverty and prejudice.