Synopsis
Daniel Blake 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 a 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-man’s land, caught on the barbed wire of welfare bureaucracy as played out against the rhetoric of ‘striver and skiver’ in modern day Britain.
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Movie Details
| Slovenia Releases: |
February 3rd, 2017 (Wide) |
| Video Release: |
January 16th, 2018 by Criterion |
| MPAA Rating: |
R for language.
(Rating bulletin 2454 (Cert #50814), 12/7/2016) |
| Running Time: |
100 minutes |
| Keywords: |
Poverty, Unemployed, Government Bureaucracy, Medical and Hospitals, Single Parent |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: |
Sundance Selects, Sixteen Films, Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, BFI, BBC Films, Les Films du Fleuve, France 2 Cinema, Canal Plus, France Television, Le Pacte, Cineart, Cine Plus, VOO ET BETV |
| Production Countries: |
Belgium, France, United Kingdom |
| Languages: |
English |
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January 6th, 2017
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December 23rd, 2016
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December 15th, 2016
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Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|
| 2017/02/03 |
15 |
$1,797 |
|
2 |
$899 |
$11,137 |
1 |
| 2017/02/10 |
15 |
$2,114 |
+18% |
3 |
$705 |
$13,382 |
2 |
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