After more than half a decade of visits to the festival, the preeminent auteur of politically engaged social realism and a Palme d'Or joint record holder presents 'The Old Oak,' his final feature (or so he claims) and his 15th film in competition.
— which he says is “realistically” his final feature, pointing to his advanced years — will be his 18th film at the festival and his 15th in the main competition, something no other filmmaker has come close to achieving.
While Loach may have won admiration worldwide for his thoughtful, compassionate and politically fueled social realism , Cannes is a festival where he is, quite simply, adored. Not that he takes any of it for granted or even thinks any sort of special relationship exists. “I wouldn’t allow myself to think that, because you’ve got to do it each time — we certainly didn’t take this year’s invitation for granted,” he says, asserting that the possibility of a Cannes launch is not even mentioned while he’s in production. “It’s like a football team and not wanting to talk about promotion. You just hope that they see something in the film that they want to show.”
And Cannes’ programmers have repeatedly seen something in Loach’s films, be it a vivid character study of a recovering alcoholic , a drug-soaked and heartbreaking portrait of juvenile delinquency , an uncompromising examination of Irish independence , an angry dive into the exploitative world of private military companies or a searing takedown of the cruelty in Britain’s welfare system , and its subject is still discussed to this day.
“When you’re getting on, you’re in the lap of the gods, really, so just cross your fingers that you’re not in the obituary column,” jokes Loach. “But who knows.”A 33-year-old Loach made his Cannes debut in 1970 with this career-defining drama.Peter Mullan received Cannes’ best actor award in 1998 for his portrayal of a recovering alcoholic.Loach won his first Palme d’Or in 2006 with this war drama about Irish independence.His record-tying second Palme d’Or came in 2016.
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