THE OLD OAK
The final film by legendary British director Ken Loach, THE OLD OAK focuses on the last pub in a once thriving northern England mining town, and an unexpected friendship between the pub’s owner and a young Syrian refugee.
SHOWTIMES
JUN 14 | FRI
4:40 p.m.
JUN 15 | SAT
2:20, 7:00 p.m.
JUN 16 | SUN
12:00, 4:40 p.m.
JUN 17 | MON
7:00 p.m.
JUN 18 | TUE
4:40 p.m.
JUN 19 | WED
7:45 p.m.
JUN 20 | THU
4:40 p.m.
SYNOPSIS
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 the 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.
Director
Ken Loach
WITH
Dave Turner, Debbie Honeywood, Ebla Mari
Run Time
Released
April 5, 2024
Distributed by
Zeitgeist Films
HEARING AND VISUAL ASSISTANCE
Assisted Listening
Subtitled / Open Captions
Country
United Kingdom
SUBTITLES
English with English Subtitles
NOT RATED
PLEASE NOTE: The Old Oak contains a scene of off-screen violence against an animal that may be disturbing to some viewers.
Many of the films shown at The Ross are not rated due to the prohibitive cost of acquiring a rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. Consequently, as many of these films contain graphic content, viewer discretion is advised.
REVIEWS
“It is unmistakably a Loach film: taciturn yet forthright, examining life in the cracks of a fractured society with deep compassion, plain-spoken anger and, perhaps more so than in the previous two films, a shot of hope.”
“A fine send-off for workhorse British director Ken Loach, this film is a sort of proudly unsexy piece of social realism portraiture whose delicate blend of poignancy and hopefulness mark it as a welcomely mature work for the remaining cineastes who care.”
“With The Old Oak, Ken Loach goes out with one last, full-throated call for brotherhood and solidarity. It’s the most hopeful the old soldier’s been in years.”
“In place of magical thinking and a happy ending, “The Old Oak” serves up something harder: a meditation on hope.”