UNITED KINGDOM · 2016

I, Daniel Blake

Ken Loach
British Kitchen Sink welfare bureaucracy poverty social injustice human dignity unemployment
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A middle aged carpenter, who requires state welfare after injuring himself, is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario.

Year2016
CountryUnited Kingdom
DirectorKen Loach
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