There, war rages on. In 2016, Syrians continue to flee their country. Some land in the north-east of England. They are not welcome in this disaster area, since the mines have closed. The last place to keep a semblance of conviviality, the local pub, The Old Oak, with its faded façade, with its rickety sign.
Veteran Ken Loach, double Palme d'Or (The Wind Rises in 2006 and I, Daniel Blake in 2016), always assisted by his faithful screenwriter Paul Laverty, creates a new character of humanist proletarian.
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TJ, the boss, is one of the few to reach out to refugees. His clients and friends, it's a different story. When they do not break the camera of the young Yara, they spread racist insults, call the arrivals "buggers". In the village, the atmosphere is tense. Pints of beer are no longer enough to soothe resentments. Behind his counter, TJ listens with an unforgived air to these streams of hatred and resentment.
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