Artnewspress: Loach Returns with a sharp critique to the British economy
” Sorry We Missed You” by Ken Loach is one of the films which was screened in the Cannes Film Festival yesterday. ” Sorry We Missed You” was rated 2.5 out of 5 by the international critics.
Ken Loach is one of the leading figures in the world of cinema and one of the most popular British directors who has won the Golden Palm d’Or twice for the films “The Wind That Shakes the Barley” and “I, Daniel Blake”.
In Loach’s films, social issues such as poverty and class division are highlighted. His new film ” Sorry We Missed You” addresses another issue, saying ” the Zero-hour contracts”. This is a type of contract in Britain wherein a staff are present at workplace only when needed and not necessarily in fixed hours per week. Therefore, their wages are variable and paid accordingly. The critics of such contracts believe that this kind of treatment to the workforce can minimize job security.
The Loach’s new film ” Sorry We Missed You” is about two citizens whose life is affected by the British economy and the zero-hour contracts.
The Daily Screen critic, Lee Marshall has outstood Loach’s interest in political passion and human compassion and believe that his new film ” Sorry We Missed You” is a severe critic to the current UK and the world economy, as the film is a moving drama depicting a loving family on the edge of implosion.
Lee Marshall assessed ” Sorry We Missed You” as one of the Ken Loach’s very best films and states: “This film is a brilliant tribute to the directors long working relationship with Paul Laverty and a masterful sample of how to spark empathy with non-professional actors”.
The Guardian critic, Peter Bradshaw says the Loach’s film is a harsh glowing blow to the Zero-hour contract in Britain and believes that Ken Loach the director of “I, Daniel Blake” has made his career even brighter than before.
Bradshaw states: “Director Ken Loach and Paul Laverty have come storming back to the Cannes – a film in the tradition of Loach’s previous work and reaching to De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves. Like his previous film, Daniel Blake, the film portrays the man cost of economic development that we encouraged as life fact.
Pointing out that director Ken is 82, the Hollywood critic, David Rooney says: “At the age of 82, he is doing some of his works in ” Sorry We Missed You”. It is a drama full of human empathy and quotidian heartbreak that actually impede your breathing with its powerful climatic scenes.
Hamid Touranpoor
