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Sorry We Missed You  2019
Director:  Ken Loach
Producer:
  Rebecca O'Brian
Art Director:
  Julie Ann Horan
Editor:
  Jonathan Morris
Music:
  George Fenton
Screenplay:
  Paul Laverty
Director of Photography:
  Robbie Ryan
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Cast:
spacer1 Kris Hitchen
spacer1 Debbie Honeywood
spacer1 Rhys Stone
spacer1 Katie Proctor
spacer1 Ross Brewster
spacer1 Alfie Dobson
spacer1 Charlie Richmond
spacer1 Mark Burns
spacer1 Harriet Ghost
spacer1 Linda E. Greenwood
spacer1 Mark Birch
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spacer1 Kris Hitchen spacer1 Debbie Honeywood spacer1 Rhys Stone
spacer1 Katie Proctor spacer1 Ross Brewster spacer1 Alfie Dobson
spacer1 Charlie Richmond spacer1 Mark Burns spacer1 Harriet Ghost
spacer1 Linda E. Greenwood spacer1 Mark Birch spacer1
spacer1 Kris Hitchen spacer1 Debbie Honeywood
spacer1 Rhys Stone spacer1 Katie Proctor
spacer1 Ross Brewster spacer1 Alfie Dobson
spacer1 Charlie Richmond spacer1 Mark Burns
spacer1 Harriet Ghost spacer1 Linda E. Greenwood
spacer1 Mark Birch spacer1

Synopsis:
Now in his sixth decade of filmmaking, Ken Loach has become something of a cinematic institution even as his films continue to boldly criticise institutions, often depicting how working-class people can be caught in the gears of systemic exploitation. His latest is a captivating and compassionate portrait of a family who sacrifices nearly all they have for the uncertain promise of independence. Ricky (Kris Hitchen) is a former construction worker who lost his job and home in the 2008 financial crash. Eager to make a go at being his own boss, he takes a quasi-freelance delivery gig, though it means punishing hours, working under a ruthless manager, and making a substantial investment up front.

Ricky convinces his wife, Abbie (Debbie Honeywood), a home-care nurse, to sell her car in order to buy the van he needs for the job. Complications mount as Ricky starts to discover the harsh realities of supposedly autonomous labour, his son Seb (Rhys Stone) courts trouble in his new-found, semi-politicised vocation as a graffiti artist, and the family's hopes of getting ahead seem only to drag them further behind.

Review:
Working from a rigorously researched script from his long-time collaborator Paul Laverty, Loach once again dissects larger social issues by focusing on the plight of a handful of precisely drawn characters. Even as the film's social critique becomes more overt, Loach and Laverty never let us forget that the victims of corporate avarice are not statistics, but individuals fighting for what everyone deserves: dignity and fairness.

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