Film- SORRY WE MISSED YOU (2020 100 min) by Ken Loach

Director Ken Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty have brought viewers another passionate tale of modern Britain with the feature film SORRY WE MISSED YOU.  Set in a land of low wage and service-economy serfdom, it’s fierce, open and angry about a vital contemporary issue whose implications you somehow don’t hear on the news.
 
Ricky, a former construction worker in Newcastle, has lost both his building work and his chance of a mortgage after the economic crash of 2008.   His wife, Abbie, a contract nurse and in-home care-giver has to visit dozens of disabled, elderly and vulnerable people every day.  With two kids to nurture, the couple are hoping that Ricky’s self-employment through gig economy work can solve their financial woes. But Ricky struggles as a piece work delivery driver and gets more and more into debt with the firm.

The film follows the family as they struggle against the race to the bottom economy. The family unit is strong, but when pulled in different directions, everything comes to a breaking point.