Ken Loach's Silver Berlin Bear 1996 winner, Ladybird, Ladybird, inspired by real events, is an emotional 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.