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Birth Name: Kenneth Loach
Age: 88, born 17 June 1936
Country of origin: 
United Kingdom
Relationship Status: Married
Partner: Lesley Ashton
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Unlike virtually all his contemporaries, Ken Loach has never succumbed to the siren call of Hollywood, and it's virtually impossible to imagine his particular brand of British socialist realism translating well to that context. After studying law at St. Peter's College, Oxford, he branched out into the theater, performing with a touring repertory company. This led to television, where in alliance with producer Tony Garnett he produced a series of docudramas, most notably the devastating "Cathy Come Home" episode of The Wednesday Play (1964), whose impact was so massive that it led directly to a change in the homeless l
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1. The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)
| Rating: | 323 Watched |
2. Kes (1969)
| Rating: | 219 Watched |
3. To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
| Rating: | 124 want to see |
| Rating: | 165 Watched |
5. Looking for Eric (2009)
| Rating: | 129 Watched |
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1. Kes (1969)
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3. Poor Cow (1967)
| Rating: | 28 Watched |
4. The Spirit of '45 (2013)
| Rating: | 11 Watched |
5. Black Jack
| Rating: | 6 Watched |
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| Rating: | 72 Watched |
2. Le grand journal de Canal+ (2004)
| Rating: | 79 Watched |
3. Breakfast (2000)
| Rating: | 51 Watched |
4. The One Show (2006)
| Rating: | 45 Watched |
5. Cinema 3 (1984)
| Rating: | 17 Watched |
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1. Great Directors (2009)
| Rating: | 17 Watched |
2. Catastroika (2012)
| Rating: | 6 Watched |
3. Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2016)
| Rating: | 7 Watched |
4. Vittorio D. (2009)
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4. Days of Hope
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