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A 59 year old carpenter recovering from a heart attack befriends a single mother and her two kids as they navigate their way through the impersonal, Kafkaesque benefits system. With equal amounts of humor, warmth and despair, the journey is heartfelt and emotional until the end.
Having recently suffered a major heart attack at work, Newcastles 59-year-old widowed carpenter Daniel Blake has been ordered by his doctors to stay out of any vigorous action and rest, however, after a negative employment support assessment, he is deemed ineligible for compensation, not scoring enough points to obtain benefits. Without any income or a pension, desperate and frustrated from the endless, dead-end conversations over the phone with the impersonal government health-care agents, Daniel will visit the welfare office to make an appeal, only to face in person the draconian civil servants and to be consumed by a faceless system and its bureaucratic jargon. Against all odds, with perseverance and courage, Daniel Blake, as an original, modern working-class hero, he will boldly stand up for himself and for those in need, withstanding nobly the humiliation while reminding that, above all, we are human by default.
Dave Johns
Daniel Blake
Hayley Squires
Katie
Sharon Percy
Sheila
Briana Shann
Daisy
Dylan McKiernan
Dylan
Kate Rutter
Ann
Kema Sikazwe
China
Magpie Richens
Piper
Amanda Payne
Employment Support Allowance Assessor
Chris McGlade
At the Sawmill
Shaun Prendergast
At the Sawmill
Gavin Webster
At the Sawmill
Sammy T. Dobson
Specialist Nurse
Mickey Hutton
Neighbour with dog
Colin Coombs
Postman
David Murray
Benefit Enquiry Line Advisor
Stephen Clegg
Job Centre Floor Manager
Andy Kidd
Job Centre Guard
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