A drama that spits in the eye of the gig economy, Sorry We Missed You is the latest from beloved director Ken Loach, the two-time Palme d’Or winner for I, Daniel Blake (MVFF 2016) and The Wind That Shakes the Barley and compassionate, unflinchingly insightful chronicler of working-class life. Newcomer Kris Hitchen astounds as Ricky, a beleaguered father and husband employed as a delivery driver for a company that expects him to cover his own expenses and hit his quotas every day or lose his job. His anxieties only multiply due to his wife’s equally demanding work tending to the elderly and his teenage son’s increasingly rebellious behavior. With stripped-down realism, this heart-stopping drama crushingly illustrates how one family’s ills are inseparable from the ailment of an entire system. Loach’s story isn’t exactly a thriller, yet each expertly crafted scene leads to an emotionally explosive climax, generating its own kind of unforgettable high-wire tension.