I, Daniel Blake

I, Daniel Blake (2016)

Timing: 1:40 (100 min)

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All about film

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Photo 27

Actors and characters

Release date

2016-10-21

Country

Belgium, France, United Kingdom

Production

Wild Bunch, Why Not Productions, BBC Film, BFI, France 2 Cinéma, Les Films du Fleuve, Sixteen Films

Genre

Drama

Budget

$0

Revenue

$15 697 699

Website

https://www.sixteenfilms.co.uk/#/i-daniel-blake-2016/

Director

Ken Loach

Actors

Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Briana Shann, Dylan McKiernan, Kate Rutter, Sharon Percy, Kema Sikazwe, Magpie Richens, Amanda Payne, Chris McGlade
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Scenario

Producer

Rebecca O'Brien, Emmanuelle Castro, Carole Baraton, Pascal Caucheteux, Grégoire Sorlat, Vincent Maraval

Operator

Robbie Ryan

Composer

George Fenton

Artist

Audition

Kahleen Crawford

Editing

Jonathan Morris
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• The film was shot in chronological order. The lead actress, Hayley Squires, never received the full script before the start of filming. She was given pieces of the script each day before the start of shooting.
• After a screening of the film at the Cannes International Film Festival, the audience gave Ken Loach and the film's crew a 15-minute standing ovation.
• Dave Jones's debut film role.
• A woman helps the character Katy in the scene at the charitable food bank. She is not an actress, but an employee of the foundation who had no idea what was supposed to happen in the scene. A similar incident to Katy's at the charitable food bank happened in real life to a woman from Glasgow. Paul Laverty met her while gathering material for the script.