Marie Gicquel, edited by Loane Nader 08:50, February 08, 2023

This Tuesday, February 7, for the 23rd edition of the Film Days festival, the British director with the double palme-d'or Ken Loach was the guest of honor of the film students of Saint-Denis.

The opportunity to remind him of his first years of activism in the cinema, while France was preparing for its third day of strike. 

Ken Loach is one of the few directors in the world to have two Palmes d'Or.

Yesterday, the filmmaker was in Saint-Denis alongside film students for the 23rd edition of the

Film Days

festival .

And on this strike Tuesday in France and the United Kingdom, Ken Loach is delighted.

"It's always a galvanizing moment" announces the militant director, who had notably filmed the movements of miners under Thatcher, in 1984.

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admits the 86-year-old Briton, who had confided a few years ago that he wanted to end his career... But the call of the duty of art was quickly heard because the inspiration does not seem to want to leave Ken Loach, and this last puts us a flea in the ear.

"There will be a new movie...I'm not going to say much about it because it's bad luck, but it takes place in an area where mines have been closed and where Syrian refugees are being welcomed."

The film will be released this year and could well be presented at the Cannes Film Festival.

This would be the perfect opportunity for Ken Loach to become the only director with 3 gold palms!