This powerful parable about the failings of the benefits system avoids irony and cynicism and treats its troubled characters with humour and humanity.
This great British film is guaranteed to make you think and make you feel.
Loach scans the contemporary landscape, and instead of a firebrand approach of stereotype, delivers a film of immense sadness. Someone should project this on the walls of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Ken Loach crafts a Cathy Come Home for the 21st century, the raw anger of which resonates long after you leave the cinema.
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General release. Check local listings for show times.
Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow from Monday January 2, 2017, until Thursday January 5, 2017. More info: http://www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/
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