Old Oak, The (2023)

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Synopsis

Dir: Ken Loach. Drama. When Syrian refugees arrive in a town in the Northeast of England, the struggling locals are tested.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; frequent use of scatalogical slang, cursing, profanity, vulgar expressions, and ethno-cultural slurs
• Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand violence - little blood, no detail
• Infrequent portrayals of an animal death - some detail
• Infrequent references to suicide and death - some detail
• Frequent portrayals of alcohol use in a recreational context; infrequent portrayals of tobacco use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Community and belonging
• Confronting bigotry
• Poverty and solidarity

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language

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