Daniel Blake (59) 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 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-mans land, caught on the barbed wire of welfare bureaucracy as played out against the rhetoric of striver and skiver in modern-day Britain.

Reviews

“This new Ken Loach landmark sums up everything that has kept his muckraking motor running for decades. An old-school social realist, the 80-year-old filmmaker again speaks up for the exploited lower classes.” – Rolling Stone

“Loach's film isn't as stridently political as it probably sounds. These are just proud people who want to be treated with respect.” – Entertainment We­ekly

“While the framework and perspective are familiar, the veteran Brit director's films can still have the power to grip us in an emotional chokehold.” – Hollywood Reporter