Daniel Blake, a hardworking joiner all his life, finds himself caught on the barbed wire of welfare bureaucracy when for the first time ever he requires help from the State.
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Release Date:
Friday, December 23, 2016 Limited
Friday, June 2, 2017 Expansion
Plot: What's the story about?
Daniel Blake has worked as a joiner most of his life in Newcastle. Now, for the first time ever, he needs help from the State. He crosses paths with a single mother Katie and her two young children, Daisy and Dylan. Katie’s only chance to escape a one-roomed homeless hostel in London has been to accept a flat in a city she doesn’t know, some 300 miles away. Daniel and Katie find themselves in no-man’s land, caught on the barbed wire of welfare bureaucracy as played out against the rhetoric of ‘striver and skiver’ in modern day Britain.
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Key Facts
- Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
Filming Timeline
- 2016 - September: The film was set to Completed status.
I, Daniel Blake Release Date: When was the film released?
I, Daniel Blake was a Limited release in 2016 on Friday, December 23, 2016. There were 4 other movies released on the same date, including Why Him?, Silence and A Monster Calls.
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