Sorry We Missed You

The latest tale of the British working class from Ken Loach, director of I, Daniel Blake and The Wind That Shakes the Barley.

We're in a gig economy. Sure, gigs to make money sound good, but when you have to invest so much to get so little out of it, the gig sounds less good and more like a gotcha.

Ricky, a former laborer, and his home-attendant wife Abby—who lost their home in the 2008 financial crash—are desperate to get out of their financial distress. When an opportunity comes up for Ricky to work as his own boss as a delivery driver, they sell their only asset, Abby's car, to trade it in for a shiny new white van and the dream that Ricky can work his way up to someday owning his own delivery franchise.

But the couple find their lives are quickly pushed further to the edge by an unrelenting work schedule, a ruthless supervisor and the needs of their two teenage children.