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The Old Oak
A pub landlord in a previously thriving mining community struggles to hold onto his pub. Meanwhile, tensions rise in the town when Syrian refugees are placed in the empty houses in the community.
2023 · Directed by Ken Loach · 113 min · Drama · 8 frames
Tagline
It's not where you're from, it's what you bring.
Crew
- Screenplay: Paul Laverty
- Cinematography: Robbie Ryan
- Edited by: Jonathan Morris
- Music: George Fenton
- Production design: Fergus Clegg
- Produced by: Rebecca O'Brien, Jack Thomas-O'Brien
Cast
- Dave Turner as TJ Ballantyne
- Ebla Mari as Yara
- Claire Rodgerson as Laura
- Trevor Fox as Charlie
- Chris McGlade as Vic
- Col Tait as Eddy
- Jordan Louis as Gary
- Chrissie Robinson as Erica
- Chris Gotts as Jaffa Cake
- Jen Patterson as Maggie
Production
- Country: Belgium, France, United Kingdom
- Language: English, Dutch, Arabic
- Studios: Sixteen Films, Why Not Productions, BBC Film, Les Films du Fleuve
- Box office: $7,729,788
- Themes: small town, photographer, refugee, community, working class, sympathy, syrian refugee, north of england, pub, empathetic
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