KEN LOACH’S FAIR SHARE OF HOME AND FAMILY ISSUES FROM CATHY COME HOME AND THE ANGELS’ SHARE TO SORRY, WE MISSED YOU

84-year old Ken Loach is known today as one of the best British social realist film directors. In this essay, I shall try to prove that there is some stubborn consistency in his oeuvre, in the representation of the disenfranchised and basic social issues (like health, home and family) and their emot...

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Published in:British and American studies : B.A.S 2021, Vol.27 (27), p.125-134
Main Author: Velich, Andrea
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Actors
Alcoholism
Careers
Collaboration
Documentary films
Drama
Exegesis & hermeneutics
Families & family life
Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Homeless people
Literary criticism
Literary devices
Loach, Ken
Mental disorders
Morality
Motion picture criticism
Realism
Recent History (1900 till today)
Society
Theater
Unemployment
Working class
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Summary:84-year old Ken Loach is known today as one of the best British social realist film directors. In this essay, I shall try to prove that there is some stubborn consistency in his oeuvre, in the representation of the disenfranchised and basic social issues (like health, home and family) and their emotional strain on families as well as in the criticism of the Establishment for unemployment, poverty, sickness or addictions, from Cathy Come Home (1966) to his last film, Sorry, we missed you (2019). In the past few years, Ken Loach seems to have lost the optimism still present in The Angels’ Share (2012).
ISSN:1224-3086
2457-7715