Three Films by Ken Loach

Synopsis: Collection of three feature films directed by Ken Loach. In Riff-Raff, Glaswegian jailbird Stevie (Robert Carlyle) heads to London to find work but discovers a world of corruption and degradation. Inner-city poverty is brought to the fore in Raining Stones, as unemployed Bob’s (Bruce Jones) desperate attempts to afford a communion dress for his daughter result in a succession of disasters. Inspired by real events, Ladybird Ladybird is the emotional story of a woman’s fight to hold on to her children and her relationship in the face of bureaucratic interference.

Special features include the following:
Ken Loach: The Guardian Lecture at the National Film Theatre with Derek Malcolm (1992, 74 mins)
Face to Face: Jeremy Isaacs talks to Ken Loach (Geraldine Dowd, 1991, 40 mins): the former head of Channel Four discusses the filmmaker’s life and career
Carry on Ken (Toby Reisz, 2006, 49 mins): an in-depth documentary appraising the director
Original trailers for all three films
Stills galleries
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2017
Notes: Also available on Blu-Ray [£34.99 + P&P]
Subjects: Film studies
Keywords: British cinema; Loach, Ken; working classes; social issues; realist cinema

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