'Film might land me a new home'.Byline: By MICHAEL BRENNAN Michael Brennan may refer to:
A TRAVELLER woman is hoping an award-winning film will help her to finally get a house for her family. Rose Maughan, 48, who lives in a caravan caravan, group of travelers or merchants banded together and organized for mutual assistance and defense while traveling through unsettled or hostile country. at the Ringsend Industrial estate in Dublin, is one of the stars of Pavee Lackeen (The Traveller Girl), which won the Best Film Award at Saturday's Iftas. She said: "I got ashamed watching myself in the film, the way I'm living at the moment on the side of the road. Hopefully now I'll get a house." The film, which is a mix of documentary and fictional drama, follows the lives of Ms Maughan and her 13-year-old daughter Winnie and their struggle to avoid having their caravan moved to an even worse site. She added: "It's hard in the winter to rear a family on your own. It's torture torture, the intentional infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering in order to intimidate, coerce, obtain information or a confession, or punish. , real punishment, no running water, no toilets. Children would be freezing going to school." CAPTION(S): STAR: Rose in film |
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