132 Ratings

Cathy Come Home

Directed by Ken Loach

United Kingdom, 1966

Drama

Synopsis

British filmmaker Ken Loach began his illustrious career making television movies for the BBC’s well-regarded Wednesday Play series. In Cathy Come Home, Cathy is a young, attractive, working-class woman married to Reg. The couple quickly finds themselves in dire financial straits.

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Cathy Come Home Directed by Ken Loach

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Awards & Festivals

Berlin International Film Festival

2014

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Samuel T.'s rating of the film Cathy Come Home
Samuel T.

A so-called mockumentary, and one of the most powerful, considering it deals with radical issues of homelessness and poverty in Britain, understated and overlooked at the time the film was created. Super fast cuts, beautiful super gritty film. Brief voiceovers of other stories intertwine with this one, a family on a helpless downward spiral to rock bottom. Agonizing.
August 17, 2015 20:16
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Tiphaine Tatin de Lattre's rating of the film Cathy Come Home
Tiphaine Tatin de Lattre

A must-see. I lost my shit pretty quick: nothing has changed in the UK since then. Slum landlords and sublets are a part of everyday when you're poor in the UK. Only a few cosmetic changes here and there: the housing crisis is worse than ever and the food banks are overwhelmed and struggle to provide every person with food. Fucking Thatcher, fucking Cameron!
September 13, 2016 10:15
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Diarmuid's rating of the film Cathy Come Home
Diarmuid

Loses none of it's impact even after all these years - maybe it's more relevant in these times than ever. The final scenes are absolutely devastating.
April 16, 2010 22:11
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smndvdcl's rating of the film Cathy Come Home
smndvdcl

Polemical brilliance from one of the best Leftist subversive auteurs in cinema history.
October 01, 2016 18:50
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FISCHER's rating of the film Cathy Come Home
FISCHER

Moyen métrage britannique, tourné à l'origine pour la BBC, dans la série : "The wednesday play" ... Excellent ! www.cinefiches.com
February 18, 2017 11:42
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Blue Roses's rating of the film Cathy Come Home
Blue Roses

27th October, 2016
October 27, 2016 22:20
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Illusion Travels By Streetcar's rating of the film Cathy Come Home
Illusion Travels By Streetcar

"American media just cannot contain such messages." http://illusionpodcast.blogspot.com/2014/12/episode-39-wednesday-plays-of-ken-loach.html
October 23, 2015 22:27
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