I, Daniel Blake (2016)

Directed by

Ken Loach

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom, France, Belgium

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

R

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 1,546 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A middle-aged man in Britain is deemed fit for work by the welfare system despite a doctor saying he cannot work. He befriends a single mother facing poverty and they try to get by in a system that seems designed to fail them.

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What happens

I, Daniel Blake is a 2016 British drama film written by Paul Laverty and directed by Ken Loach. The film stars Dave Johns as Daniel Blake, a middle-aged man who is denied Employment and Support Allowance despite being declared unfit to work by his doctor. Hayley Squires co-stars as Katie, a struggling single mother whom Daniel befriends. I, Daniel Blake won the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, the Prix du public at the 2016 Locarno International Film Festival, and the 2017 BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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