The Old Oak

Ken Loach - Verenigd Koninkrijk/Frankrijk/België - 2023 - 113 min.
met Dave Turner, Ebla Mari, Debbie Honeywood, Claire Rodgerson, ...

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In een dorp dat ooit welvarend was, dreigt de laatst overgebleven pub The Old Oak te moeten sluiten. De onaangekondigde komst van Syrische vluchtelingen in het dorp brengt onrust, maar biedt ook nieuwe kansen.

Na ‘Sorry, We Missed You’ werkte Loach voor zijn allerlaatste film opnieuw samen met actrice Debbie Honeywood.

FR
TJ Ballantyne est le propriétaire du “Old Oak”, un pub qui est menacé de fermeture après l’arrivée de réfugiés syriens placés dans le village sans aucun préavis. Bientôt, TJ rencontre une jeune Syrienne, Yara, qui possède un appareil photo. Une amitié va naître entre eux…

EN
The Old Oak is the last pub standing in a once thriving mining village in northern England, a gathering space for a community that has fallen on hard times. There is growing anger, resentment, and a lack of hope among the residents, but the pub and its proprietor TJ are a fond presence to their customers. When a group of Syrian refugees move into the floundering village, a decisive rift fueled by prejudices develops between the community and its newest inhabitants. The formation of an unexpected friendship between TJ and a young Syrian woman named Yara opens up new possibilities for the divided village in this deeply moving drama about loss, fear, and the difficulty of finding hope. The release of The Old Oak reunites legendary British director Ken Loach with Zeitgeist Films and Kino Lorber following our 2020 release of his film Sorry We Missed You. Loach, who is 87 years old, has announced that The Old Oak will be his final film.

★

“The film is ... astute in its depiction of a disenfranchised community, ravaged by vulture property speculators and post-industrialisation.” - ★★★★ The Irish Times

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