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The Old Oak

The Old Oak

2023Movie⏱️ 1h 53m
Drama
7.1
IMDB Rating
13,957 votes

The future for the last remaining pub, The Old Oak, in a village of Northeast England, where people are leaving the land as the mines are closed. Houses are cheap and available, thus making it an ideal location for Syrian refugees.

Director
Ken Loach
Writers
N/A
Stars
Dave Turner, Ebla Mari, Claire Rodgerson
Release Date
September 29, 2023
Language
English, Arabic
Country
United Kingdom, France, Belgium
🏆 8
Wins
🎯 7
Nominations
💬 57
Reviews
📋 22.2K
Watchlists
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

👤
Dave Turner
as TJ Ballantyne
👤
Ebla Mari
as Yara
👤
Claire Rodgerson
as Laura
👤
Trevor Fox
as Charlie
👤
Chris McGlade
as Vic
👤
Col Tait
as Eddy
Jordan Louis
Jordan Louis
as Gary
👤
Chrissie Robinson
as Erica
Chris Gotts
Chris Gotts
as Jaffa Cake
👤
Jen Patterson
as Maggie

💰 Box Office

$7,729,788
Worldwide Gross
$229,763
Domestic Gross
$7,439
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Dolby Digital
Color
Color
Filming Location
Tees Street, Horden, County Durham, England, UK
Production
StudioCanal UK, Sixteen Films, Why Not Productions

🏷️ Keywords

immigrant familysyrian refugeehostile to newcomerpubtree in title

🎯 Categories

Psychological DramaDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Most touching film in a long time
by konrad-296-1526162024-02-04
9/10

"I am one of the projectionists in the local small town cinema with only two or three shows per week. The end titles of a film is not only for crediting all people involved in the production, it is also a time to reflect and contemplate on what you experienced when watching the movie, and you can measure how touched people were by how long they stay during the end titles. When The Old Oak was the movie for the evening not a single one in the audience got up from their seats until the last line in the credits had passed, the screen had faded to black and the curtains closed. That is a mark of a ..."

💡 Did You Know?

Dave 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.

📖 Synopsis

The future for the last remaining pub, The Old Oak, in a village of Northeast England, where people are leaving the land as the mines are closed. Houses are cheap and available, thus making it an ideal location for Syrian refugees.