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The Old Oak (2023)
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A pub's neglected back room becomes a place where Syrian refugees and struggling local residents can eat together. TJ and Yara's friendship gives that shared space a human centre, while hostility makes keeping it open a meaningful choice. The family feeling is communal rather than confined to a handful of charming outsiders. Ken Loach's film is blunt about racism, displacement and loss; its hope depends on practical solidarity.
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About The Old Oak
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.