Feierabendfilm: The Old Oak

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GB 2023, 113 min., Director: Ken Loach, DF (German language version), FSK 12

The Old Oak is a special place: the last bastion against the 30-year decline of a once thriving mining village in the North East of England and a meeting point for a community of former miners who feel betrayed by the "system". Landlord TJ Ballantyne can just about keep the pub going, but can barely keep his head above water. The situation is not made any easier by the critically eyed arrival of Syrian refugees, who are housed in the many empty houses in the village. Despite the many hostilities, a kind of friendship develops between the young Syrian woman Yara (Ebla Mari) and the pub owner and together they try to establish "The Old Oak" as a meeting place for both communities.