Ladybird Ladybird (1994)

(Best Actress, Berlin Film Festival 1994)

Ladybird, Ladybird, inspired by real events, is a love story; the story of Maggie and Jorge and their struggle to have a family. Maggie has had four children, by four different fathers, removed by Social Services because of a previous violent relationship. When she meets Jorge, a gentle Latin American refugee, she gradually sees her chance for happiness, but her history still haunts her. She finds it difficult to escape the image that is described in her official records. Ladybird, Ladybird is an emotional and harrowing story of a woman's fight to keep her children and her relationship intact.

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Production Credits

Director: Ken Loach
Producer: Sally Hibbin
Screenplay by: Rona Munro
Music by: George Fenton
Cinematography by: Barry Ackroyd
Editor: Jonathan Morris
Production Design: Martin Johnson

Cast

Maggie Crissy Rock
Jorge Vladimir Vega
Mairead Sandie Lavelle
Simon Ray Winstone