The Old Oak
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The Old Oak

20231h 53mDrama
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Story Line

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.

It's not where you're from, it's what you bring.

Top Cast

Dave Turner

Dave Turner

TJ Ballantyne

Ebla Mari

Ebla Mari

Yara

Claire Rodgerson

Claire Rodgerson

Laura

Trevor Fox

Trevor Fox

Charlie

Chris McGlade

Chris McGlade

Vic

Col Tait

Col Tait

Eddy

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Rating

7.2/ 10

Release Date

2023-09-29

Runtime

1h 53m

Genres

Drama

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User Reviews (3)

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

7/10
10/8/2023
Set in a rapidly fading Northern English mining town, this tells the tale of an attempt to integrate some Syrian refugees fleeing the terror in their own country into a community that it still reeling from the systematic closure of their own liveliho...

Brent Marchant

7/10
6/9/2024
A lack of familiarity can produce so many needless problems, especially when it involves individuals about whom we know little or nothing. That lack of understanding can consequently yield issues that plainly aren’t warranted and, more importantly, c...

badelf

7/10
4/25/2026
**The Old Oak (2023)** _Directed by Ken Loach_ Unlike most directors, Ken Loach's films are rarely character or narratively driven; he's the master, maybe the creator, of emotionally driven film. Plot is secondary to feeling, structure is secon...