Directed by:
Ken LoachScreenplay:
Paul LavertyCinematography:
Robbie RyanComposer:
George FentonCast:
Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Briana Shann, Dylan McKiernan, Andy Kidd, Micky McGregor, Malcolm Shields, Harriet Ghost, Stephen Clegg, Kate Rutter, Sharon Percy (more)Plots(1)
An urgent response to the political realities of contemporary Britain, this bracing drama from celebrated filmmaker Ken Loach takes a hard look at bureaucratic injustice and ineptitude through the eyes of an unassuming working-class hero. After a heart attack leaves him unable to hold a job, the widowed carpenter Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) begins a long, lonely journey through the Kafkaesque labyrinth of the local welfare state. Along the way, he strikes up a friendship with a single mother (Hayley Squires) and her two children, at the mercy of the same system after being evicted from their home. Imbued with gentle humor and quiet rage and conceived for maximum real-world impact, the Palme d’Or–winning I, Daniel Blake is a testament to Loach’s tireless commitment to a cinema of social engagement. (Criterion)
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Dave Johns
UK
Best movies:
The Keeper (2018)
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
The Moth (1997) (TV movie)
Hayley Squires
UK
Best movies:
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
The Miniaturist (2017) (series)
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Briana Shann
Best movies:
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
Dylan McKiernan
Best movies:
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
Andy Kidd
Best movies:
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
Goal! (2005)
Micky McGregor
Best movies:
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
Sorry We Missed You (2019)
Vera (2011) (series)
Malcolm Shields
Best movies:
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
Crying with Laughter (2009)
Taggart (1983) (series)
Harriet Ghost
Best movies:
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
Sorry We Missed You (2019)
Stephen Clegg
Best movies:
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
Sorry We Missed You (2019)
Kate Rutter
UK
Best movies:
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
Full Monty (1997)
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)
Sharon Percy
Best movies:
Billy Elliot (2000)
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
The Student Prince (1997) (TV movie)
Kema Sikazwe
Best movies:
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
Lady Macbeth (2016)
Steven Richens
Best movies:
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
Amanda Payne
Best movies:
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
Chris Mcglade
Best movies:
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
Shaun Prendergast
UK
Best movies:
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: For the Sake of Elena (2002) (TV movie)
Gavin Webster
Best movies:
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
Sorry We Missed You (2019)
Sammy T. Dobson
UK
Best movies:
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
Women in Love (2011) (series)
Mickey Hutton
Best movies:
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
Colin Coombs
Best movies:
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
X+Y (2014)
The Monuments Men (2014)