L'Old Oak è l'ultimo pub rimasto in un villaggio nel nordest dell'Inghilterra, dove le persone lasciano la terra mentre le miniere sono chiuse. Le case sono economiche e disponibili, rendend... Leggi tuttoL'Old Oak è l'ultimo pub rimasto in un villaggio nel nordest dell'Inghilterra, dove le persone lasciano la terra mentre le miniere sono chiuse. Le case sono economiche e disponibili, rendendole ideali per i rifugiati siriani.L'Old Oak è l'ultimo pub rimasto in un villaggio nel nordest dell'Inghilterra, dove le persone lasciano la terra mentre le miniere sono chiuse. Le case sono economiche e disponibili, rendendole ideali per i rifugiati siriani.
- Regia
- Sceneggiatura
- Star
- Nominato ai 1 BAFTA Award
- 8 vittorie e 7 candidature totali
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- QuizDave Turner is a former firefighter and Fire Brigades Union Executive Council officer. This is the reason the FBU attends the pub in one scene dropping off supplies for the kitchen.
- BlooperWhen Yara and TJ are discussing the character who damaged her camera, Yara describes him as 'wearing a black and white striped shirt' when trying to identify him. TJ explains that those are the colours of the local football team, presumably describing Newcastle United.
However, since the film is set in an East Durham pit village, the local football team would actually be Sunderland AFC, and not Newcastle United.
- ConnessioniFeatured in 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards (2024)
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T. J. Ballantyne (Dave Turner) is the owner and proprietor of The Old Oak, a rundown, last surviving pub in a former mining town in the North East. Separated from his son, and with only local community activist Tania (Debbie Honeywood) and a few regulars for company, T. J.'s life was saved a few years ago by a small pet dog, who he now enjoys taking for walks. But when a group of Syrian refugees arrive in the town, whilst a housing crisis beckons, it causes a divide among T. J. and his former mining friends. When refugee Mara (Elha Mari) suggests they use the power of cooking to form a bond, it forces everyone to show their true colours.
The third film set in the North East from director Ken Loach and writer Paul Laverty, and reportedly the last film from eighty-seven year old Loach, effectively forms something of a trilogy, after 2019's Sorry We Missed You and 2016's I, Daniel Blake. Curiously, Loach has chosen to set this film in 2016, the year the latter of those two films was released, and more notably the year of 'the Brexit vote.' A few of the characters espouse the attitudes of many that people would have associated with a Brexit voter, but perhaps in a film centred around immigration, Loach wanted to show the average voter on the matter might have had more nuanced outlook on the matter than many might have thought.
Loach has crafted his trademark sense of realism once again, but the sense of urgency generated from scenes in previous films is missing here, in spite of the tensions that the central protagonists in the film are facing, instead meandering along, with drama flaring here and there, but at more of a leisurely, undramatic pace. That's not to say there aren't some powerful, wrenching moments that strike at the heart, there just feels less to lose. You do really get the impression of a place that was once prosperous that has been left to rot, a place full of desperate individuals who find themselves joined by some similarly desperate people. As T. J. notes at one point, why do we blame those at the bottom instead of those at the top.
Even the ending nods to a sense of hope in spite of despair, unlike Loach's other more recent output. If this is his last film, it won't be remembered as his best, but certainly a memorable swansong. ***
T. J. Ballantyne (Dave Turner) is the owner and proprietor of The Old Oak, a rundown, last surviving pub in a former mining town in the North East. Separated from his son, and with only local community activist Tania (Debbie Honeywood) and a few regulars for company, T. J.'s life was saved a few years ago by a small pet dog, who he now enjoys taking for walks. But when a group of Syrian refugees arrive in the town, whilst a housing crisis beckons, it causes a divide among T. J. and his former mining friends. When refugee Mara (Elha Mari) suggests they use the power of cooking to form a bond, it forces everyone to show their true colours.
The third film set in the North East from director Ken Loach and writer Paul Laverty, and reportedly the last film from eighty-seven year old Loach, effectively forms something of a trilogy, after 2019's Sorry We Missed You and 2016's I, Daniel Blake. Curiously, Loach has chosen to set this film in 2016, the year the latter of those two films was released, and more notably the year of 'the Brexit vote.' A few of the characters espouse the attitudes of many that people would have associated with a Brexit voter, but perhaps in a film centred around immigration, Loach wanted to show the average voter on the matter might have had more nuanced outlook on the matter than many might have thought.
Loach has crafted his trademark sense of realism once again, but the sense of urgency generated from scenes in previous films is missing here, in spite of the tensions that the central protagonists in the film are facing, instead meandering along, with drama flaring here and there, but at more of a leisurely, undramatic pace. That's not to say there aren't some powerful, wrenching moments that strike at the heart, there just feels less to lose. You do really get the impression of a place that was once prosperous that has been left to rot, a place full of desperate individuals who find themselves joined by some similarly desperate people. As T. J. notes at one point, why do we blame those at the bottom instead of those at the top.
Even the ending nods to a sense of hope in spite of despair, unlike Loach's other more recent output. If this is his last film, it won't be remembered as his best, but certainly a memorable swansong. ***
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- Data di uscita
- Paesi di origine
- Lingue
- Celebre anche come
- El viejo roble
- Luoghi delle riprese
- Tees Street, Horden, County Durham, Inghilterra, Regno Unito(house where Yara's family moves in)
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- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 229.763 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 7.439 USD
- 7 apr 2024
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 7.729.788 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 53 minuti
- Colore
- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 1.85 : 1
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