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Soapy and sentimental: Ken Loach’s The Old Oak reviewed

30 September 2023

9:00 AM

30 September 2023

9:00 AM

The Old Oak

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Ken Loach has said The Old Oak will be his last film – he’s 87; the golf course probably beckons. It’s not one of the ones he’ll be remembered for. At least, however, it is starkly different from the others as it’s a cheerful, sunny romcom set in Paris in the spring.

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