Awards Ceremony & Sorry We Missed You

“Loach’s great gift has always been to turn ideas and ideals into deeply human stories, and “Sorry We Missed You” is no exception.”
– Boston Globe

Hoping that self-employment through gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up UK delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up trapped in the vicious circle of this modern-day form of labour exploitation.

NOTE: This film contains strong language. Viewer discretion advised.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Ken Loach is a British film director and screenwriter. His socially critical directing style and socialist ideals are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as poverty, homelessness, and labour rights.

REVIEWS

• Ken Loach’s new film is an unsparing look at the human costs of the gig economy – The Washington Post
• ‘Sorry We Missed You Review: The Human Toll of That One-Click Buy’ – The New York Times
• The movie’s title, taken from the slip used to denote an attempted delivery, takes on a much more caustic, bitter resonance long before the credits roll. – Rolling Stone
• Sorry We Missed You paints modern Britain as a dystopia – The Age