Winner of the 1994 Berlin Film Festival International Critics Award and the Best Actress Award for Crissy Rock's searing debut performance. LADYBIRD is an important drama inspired by real events. The film chronicles the violent life of Maggie (Rock), a welfare mother who finds hope and love with Jorge, a Praguayan political refugee. With Jorge at her side, Maggie wages an emotional fight against an unforgiving social welfare system which tries to take away her children.