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I, Daniel Blake

“My name is Daniel Blake. I am a man, not a dog.”

2016 · 1 h 40 min
Directed by Ken Loach
Drama

Cast

Dave Johns Hayley Squires

Credits

Written by: Paul Laverty

Plot

A carpenter recovering from a heart attack battles the welfare system. It won the Palme d'Or.

Sinekatalog’s take

Ken Loach's drama follows a carpenter and a single mother trapped by UK welfare bureaucracy. Plain, angry and humane, it's a polemic with real feeling, and won the Palme d'Or.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.8 / 10 (68,955 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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