THE OLD OAK

Dir. Ken Loach | Drama | U.K. / Belgium / France | 2023 | 1 hr. 53 min. | English and Arabic with English subtitles

In 2016, the year of Brexit, desperation and resentment have overtaken a village in the northeast of England. When Syrian refugee families arrive in the former coal mining community, xenophobia rears its head at the Old Oak, the local pub where the regulars drink and vent, but its owner becomes friendly with one of the newcomers and they devise a plan to bring everyone together. A plea for compassion and solidarity in times of division and strife, this is the latest film by the acclaimed director of the British social realist dramas I, Daniel Blake and Sorry We Missed You.

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