I, Daniel Blake (Original title)I Daniel Blake (Help search title)
Dates: 2016 (Copyright), 21 October 2016 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, France, BelgiumDirector: Ken Loach
Synopsis: Following a heart attack, 59-year-old Newcastle joiner Daniel Blake is advised by doctors and physiotherapists not to return to work but in order to receive benefits Daniel has to navigate his way through Britain’s complex welfare bureaucracy. While visiting the job centre, he meets Katie, a young single mother who has just been relocated to Newcastle with her two children from a London homeless shelter. Together they form a mutually beneficial alliance in an attempt to avoid poverty and homelessness.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Welfare, Benefits, Unemployment, Poverty, Single mothers, Homelessness
Releases
Date: 21 October 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 100 mins 19 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: E1 Films
Date: November 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 100 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Dates: 2016 (Copyright), 21 October 2016 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, France, BelgiumDirector: Ken Loach
Synopsis: Following a heart attack, 59-year-old Newcastle joiner Daniel Blake is advised by doctors and physiotherapists not to return to work but in order to receive benefits Daniel has to navigate his way through Britain’s complex welfare bureaucracy. While visiting the job centre, he meets Katie, a young single mother who has just been relocated to Newcastle with her two children from a London homeless shelter. Together they form a mutually beneficial alliance in an attempt to avoid poverty and homelessness.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Welfare, Benefits, Unemployment, Poverty, Single mothers, Homelessness
Releases
Date: 21 October 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 100 mins 19 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: E1 Films
Date: November 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 100 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(135)
©: Sixteen Tyne Limited, ©: Why Not Productions, ©: Wild Bunch, ©: Les Films du Fleuve, ©: British Broadcasting Corporation, ©: France 2 Cinéma, ©: The British Film Institute, Production Company: Sixteen Films, Production Company: Why Not Productions, Production Company: Wild Bunch, Production Company: BFI, Production Company: BBC Films, Production Company: Les Films du Fleuve, Production Company: France 2 Cinéma, Production Company: Canal+, Production Company: France Télévisions, Production Company: Le Pacte, Production Company: Cinéart, Production Company: Ciné+, Production Company: VOO, Production Company: Be tv, Produced with the support of: Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government, Produced with the support of: Casa Kafka Pictures, Belfius, Co-funded by: Creative Europe MEDIA, Made with the support of: BFI’s Film Fund, International Sales: Wild Bunch S.A., Executive Producer: Pascal Caucheteux, Executive Producer: Grégoire Sorlat, Executive Producer: Vincent Maraval, Producer: Rebecca O'Brien, Line Producer: Eimhear McMahon, [Production Executive]: Ben Roberts, [Production Executive]: Fiona Morham, [Production Executive]: Will Evans, [Production Executive]: Clare Coulter, [Production Executive]: Sofia Neves, [Production Executive]: Emma Kayee, [Production Executive]: Christine Langan, [Production Executive]: Joe Oppenheimer, [Production Executive]: Michael Wood, [Production Executive]: Zoe Brown, [Production Executive]: Livy Sandler, [Production Executive]: Jacqui Barr, Ruth Sanders, Production Co-ordinator: Courtney Jones, Assistant Production Co-ordinator: Lucy Marr, Assistant Production Co-ordinator: Chris Bevan, Production Accountant: Isabel Chick, Accountant: Habib Rahman, Unit Manager: Dave Gales, Location Manager: Mark Gales, Location Assistant: Aaron Blackburn, Location Assistant: James Goodwin, Assistant Director: David Gilchrist, 2nd Assistant Director: Jamie Hamer, 3rd Assistant Director: Henry Gordon, Director’s Assistant: Ann Cattrall, Script Supervisor: Heather Storr, Casting: Kahleen Crawford, Casting Associate: Caroline Stewart, Casting Assistant: Polly Malloch, Screenplay: Paul Laverty, Photography: Robbie Ryan, B Camera: Matt Fisher, Steadicam Operator: Matt Fisher, Focus Puller: Andrew O'Reilly, Clapper Loader: Joachim Philippe, Léo Lefèvre, Gaffer: Simon Magee, Best Boy: Dries Houben, Generator Operator: François Tiberghien, Stills Photographer: Joss Barratt, Computer Graphics by: Red Frog, Computer Graphics by: David Loveridge, Adeel Punnu, Editor: Jonathan Morris, On-line Editor: Nick Anderson, Assistant Editor: Alison Carter-Goulden, Assistant Editor: Erline O'Donovan, Post-production: Molinare, Facility Post Production Manager: Louise Stewart, Production Designer: Fergus Clegg, Production Designer: Linda Wilson, Standby Art Director: Caroline Barton, Prop Buyer: Amy Cooper Goodrich, Petty Cash Buyer: Zoe Robinson, Prop Master: Tom Pleydell Pearce, Dressing Props: Don Santos, Dressing Props: John Condron, Standby Props: Dominic Byles, Art Department Assistant: Benjamin Davis, Construction Manager: Colin Dent, Costume Designer: Joanne Slater, Costume Assistant: Nisha Williams, Wardrobe Supervisor: Vivienne Race, Make-up and Hair Designer: Anita Brolly, Make-up Daily: Danielle Jones, Title Design: Martin Butterworth, Title Design: Creative Partnership, Laboratory Services: iDailies, Colourist: Gareth Spensley, Neg Cutter: Steve Farman, Film Stock: Kodak Belgium, Music: George Fenton, Score Musician - Cello: Caroline Dale, Score Musician - Violin: Jess Murphy, Music Recorded and Mixed by: Mat Bartram, Pro Tools Recordist: Chris Parker, Music Recorded and Mixed at: Angel Studios, Music Preparation: Samuel Pegg, Recordist: Ray Beckett, Boom Operator: Neal Skillen, Additional Boom Operator: Michael Duddy, Re-recording Mixer: Andrew Caller, Re-recording Mixer: Adam Scrivener, Sound Mix Technician: John Skehill, Michael Clayton, Sound Editor: Kevin Brazier, Dialogue Editor: Ben Brazier, [Sound] Effects Editor: Robert Brazier, Foley Artist: Rowena Wilkinson, Foley Artist: Sue Harding, Foley Recordist: Robert Brazier, Foley Editor: Ben Brazier, Post-production Script: Sapex Scripts, Script Clearances: Debbie Banbury-Morley, Welfare Rights Adviser: Ruth Smith, Lawyer: Stephen Grosz, Lawyer: Tamsin Allen, Bindmans LLP, Camera Equipment: Eye Lite, Lighting Equipment: Eye Lite, Collection Agent: Freeway CAM B.V.
Cast
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Dave Johns (Daniel Blake, Dan), Hayley Squires (Katie), Briana Shann (Daisy), Dylan Phillip McKiernan (Dylan), Kate Rutter (Ann), Sharon Percy (Sheila), Kema Sikazwe (China), Steven Richens (Piper), Amanda Payne (assessor), Chris McGlade, Shaun Prendergast, Gavin Webster (at the sawmill), Sammy T. Dobson (specialist nurse), Mickey Hutton (neighbour with dog), Colin Coombs (postman), David Murray (benefit enquiry line adviser), Stephen Clegg (floor manager), Andy Kidd (job centre guard), Dan Li (Stan Li), Jane Birch (librarian), Kimberley Blair Smith, Junior Atilassi (student), John Sumner (C.V. instructor), Dave Turner (Harry Edwards), Kathleen Germain, Jackie Robinson, Christine Wood (foodbank), Micky McGregor (Ivan, supermarket guard), Neil Stuart Morton (supermarket manager), Roy McCartney (decision maker), Steve Halliday (furniture dealer), Julie Nicholson (business woman), Viktoria Kay (woman in house), Malcolm Shields (Scotsman), Bryn Jones, Helen Dixon (policeman), Gary Jacques (senior police officer), Mick Laffey (welfare rights officer), Patricia Roberts, Yvonne Maher, Susan Robinson, Mick Milligan, Laura Jane Barnes-Martin, Harriet Ghost, Brian Scurr