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Showing Monday 27th November 2017

I Daniel Blake (2016)
15    UK    100 mins      Drama    IMDb rating 7.9/10
Director –  Ken Loach
Cast –  Dave Johns, Hayley Squire, Sharon Percy

Ken Loach’s BAFTA winning film set in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.   A middle age widower Daniel Blake a carpenter, is recuperating from a heart attack.   We follow his nightmare journey fighting the bureaucratic  forces of the system in order to receive Employment and Support Allowance.  Daniel a modern working-class hero stands up for himself and others in need against the faceless bureaucratic system.

Palme D’Or Winner (2016 Cannes)
BAFTA – Outstanding British Film (2017) winner

Trivia:- Film was shot in chronological order.