I, Daniel Blake
My name is Daniel Blake. I am a man, not a dog.
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$0
Box office
$15 697 699
Director
Actors
Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Briana Shann, Dylan McKiernan, Kate Rutter, Sharon Percy, Kema Sikazwe, Magpie Richens, Amanda Payne, Chris McGlade
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Rebecca O'Brien, Emmanuelle Castro, Carole Baraton, Pascal Caucheteux, Grégoire Sorlat, Vincent Maraval
Camera operator
Composer
George Fenton
Artist
Fergus Clegg, Linda Wilson
Audition
Kahleen Crawford
Editing
Jonathan Morris
Whole Team (59)
Whole Team (59)
Short description
A 59-year-old carpenter recovering from a heart attack befriends a single mother and her two kids as they navigate the impersonal, Kafkaesque benefits system. With equal amounts of humour, warmth and despair, the journey is heartfelt and emotional until the end.
What's left behind the scenes
- 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.
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Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
