The Old Oak

Director: Ken Loach, Ken Loach

2023 / 113min / DCP

The last remaining pub in a mining village in northern England which has seen better days lends its name to the latest from Loach, announced as his final film, which observes the tensions that arise between the town’s old residents and its latest arrivals, a group of Syrian refugees—as well as moments when the idea solidarity between these two ill-used groups seems suddenly possible. “A ringing statement of faith in compassion for the oppressed… a film-making language utterly without the cynical twang that is de rigeur for everyone else.”—The Guardian

The Old Oak will open spring 2024 at Film Forum in New York City. A Zeitgeist Films Release in Association with Kino Lorber.

Introduction from Zeitgeist Films Co-Founders Nancy Gerstman and Emily Russo on Sunday, December 10th