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Directed by | Ken Loach |
Written by | Paul Laverty |
Produced by | Rebecca O'Brien |
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Cinematography | Robbie Ryan |
Edited by | Jonathan Morris |
Music by | George Fenton |
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Running time | 100 minutes[1] |
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Language | English |
Box office | $15.8 million[2] |
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,[3][4] and the 2017 BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film.[5]
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