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I, Daniel Blake
A 59-year-old carpenter recovering from a heart attack befriends a single mother and her two kids as they navigate the impersonal, Kafkaesque benefits system. With equal amounts of humour, warmth and despair, the journey is heartfelt and emotional until the end.
2016 · Directed by Ken Loach · 100 min · Drama · 10 frames
Tagline
My name is Daniel Blake. I am a man, not a dog.
Crew
- Screenplay: Paul Laverty
- Cinematography: Robbie Ryan
- Edited by: Jonathan Morris
- Music: George Fenton
- Production design: Linda Wilson, Fergus Clegg
- Produced by: Rebecca O'Brien
Cast
- Dave Johns as Dan
- Hayley Squires as Katie
- Briana Shann as Daisy
- Dylan McKiernan as Dylan
- Kate Rutter as Ann
- Sharon Percy as Sheila
- Kema Sikazwe as China
- Magpie Richens as Piper
- Amanda Payne as Assessor
- Chris McGlade as At the Sawmill
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, France, Belgium
- Language: English
- Studios: Sixteen Films, Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, BBC Film
- Box office: $15,697,699
- Themes: northern england, heart attack, single mother, compassion, carpenter, social services, welfare, social realism, social security, healthcare
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