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Story
A pub as a place of division, but also interaction: In his new film, Ken Loach is once again a keen-sighted, warm-hearted seismograph of British society. The Old Oak is the only remaining public place where people in the once thriving North English mining community of Easington can meet. After 30 years of decline, TJ Ballantyne, the landlord, is desperate to save the pub, but with the arrival of Syrian refugees two different realities meet head-on. When TJ makes friends with Yara, a young Syrian woman, the two try to bring the two cultures closer together. For a better future – and for The Old Oak.
Director
KEN LOACH (*1936) is one of the most influential social commentators in British cinema and has won numerous awards for his work, including a Golden Palm for The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) and I, Daniel Blake (2016). In 2019, FILMFEST HAMBURG showed his film Sorry We Missed You.Trailer
Info
The Old Oak
Fiction Feature
English
Kaleidoscope | FF2023
United Kingdom, France, Belgium
2023
113 min
OV with German subtitles
Ken Loach
Paul Laverty
Dave Turner, Ebla Mari, Claire Rodgerson, Trevor Fox, Chris McGlade, Amna Al Ali
Rebecca O'Brien
Robbie Ryan
Kevin Brazier
Jonathan Morris
George Fenton
Fergus Clegg
Joanne Slater
Kahleen Crawford
Wild Bunch Germany
Wild Bunch International
Sixteen Films, Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, BFI, BBC Film, Les Films du Fleuve, France 2 Cinéma Canal +, France Télévisions, Le Pacte, Cinéart, Ciné +, VOO, Be tv and Casa Kafka Pictures
Wild Bunch Germany, Christoph Liedke: cliedke@wildbunch-germany.de
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