在这部贱民剧情片中,Gypo是对Gypsy（吉普赛人）一种不礼貌的俚语化叫法，而影片《Gypo》是英国第一部得到认证的使用Dogme95手法拍摄的影片。Dogme95中规定，电影不能依赖令人眼花缭乱的特技效果和大量的电影后期制作。电影的情节以泰莎、保罗、海伦三个主要人物的不同观点为基础展开。
为了生存而成为难民
泰莎是一位来自捷克共和国的年轻难民，与母亲一起生活在肯特海岸（英格兰东南部）的一辆大篷车里。生活对于母女二人来说异常的艰难，在从事任何能够维持生计的工作的同时，她们耐心地等待着她们的英国护照和通往自由世界的许可。
然而，当泰莎涉足了海伦和保罗的世界之后一切都发生了改变。她遇到了海伦，一个陷在一场没有爱的婚姻当中，并力图摆脱现状寻求新生活的男子。保罗则是一个把生活的贫困完全归结于“外来者”的男子。由于不赞成保罗的观点，海伦和泰莎成为了朋友，由此演绎出了一系列有关改变、畏惧、固执、友谊和爱的动人故事。
It charts the breakdown of a working class family when the teenage daughter befriends a refugee girl. Helen has been married to Paul for 25 years. They live a monotonous and frozen existence. Helen is desperate, damaged, and looking for change. Paul - bitter, hypocritical and bigoted, sick and tired of being in the poverty trap - is on the brink of a breakdown. His biggest fear is change. Into their lives comes Tasha, a Romany Czech refugee, awaiting her British passport and her chance for freedom - a concept taken for granted by all those around her. Told in three revelatory narratives, each from a particular character's point of view, reveals how the disintegration of an ordinary working class family finally comes to a head when unexpected emotions are unleashed.
