Eighty-seven-year-old British filmmaker Ken Loach's """"The Old

Oak"""" is about how changing demographics in a struggling English

town called Durham manifest in a crumbling old pub, the last

public space that everyone claims as their own. This is Loach's latest

and (according to Loach) final motion picture, and it feels like a

summation. It's as engrossing, thoughtful, heartfelt, angry, hopeful,

and altogether valuable as his best work. If it is indeed Loach's

farewell, it's one hell of a fine note to go out on. ~ROGER EBERT.

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.

PLEASE NOTE: THE OLD OAK is in English

with English subtitles.

Running Time: 1 Hour 53