[Susan Foreman]

'Carla's Song' (1996) - Blu-ray pre-order available from Powerhouse direct - £15.99

Release date: April 19

"The first collaboration between director Ken Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty – a relationship which now extends to fifteen feature films and shorts, including My Name Is Joe and I, Daniel Blake – Carla’s Song tells the story of George (Robert Carlyle, Trainspotting), a Glaswegian bus driver, and Carla (Oyanka Cabezas), a Nicaraguan refugee. Set in 1987, the film follows the pair as they meet, fall in love, and travel to Nicaragua in search of Carla’s former lover, a possible victim of the civil war."

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• High Definition remaster
• Original stereo audio
• Audio commentary with director Ken Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty (2005)
• Keeping Up Appearances (2021): new interview with producer Sally Hibbin
• Two Worlds Collide (2021): new interview with editor Jonathan Morris
• Tuning in to Nicaragua (2021): new interview with composer George Fenton
• Background to the Art (2021): new interview with art director Fergus Clegg
• Sounds of Music (2021): new interview with sound recordist Ray Beckett
• Keeping Up Appearances (2021): new interview with script supervisor Susanna Lenton
• Deleted scenes
• Original theatrical trailer
• Image gallery: publicity and promotional material
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Michael Pattison, an extract from Paul Laverty’s introduction to his screenplay, Ken Loach on recutting the film, an extract from a report on the Nicaraguan premiere, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
• UK premiere on Blu-ray
• Limited edition of 3,000 copies