I, Daniel Blake - DVD Cover (BBC Films)
I, Daniel Blake - DVD Cover (BBC Films) NARRATIVE - PLOT SUMMARY: Having recently suffered a major heart attack at work, Newcastle's 59 - year - old widowed carpenter Daniel Blake has been ordered by his doctors to stay out of any vigorous action and rest, however, after a negative employment support assessment, he is deemed ineligible for compensation, not scoring enough points to obtain benefits. Without any income or a pension, desperate and frustrated from the endless, dead - end conversations over the phone with the impersonal government health - care agents, Daniel will visit the welfare office to make an appeal, only to face in person the harsh civil servants and to be consumed by a faceless system and its inflexible jargon. Against all odds, with perseverance and courage, Daniel Blake, as an original, modern working - class hero, will boldly stand up for himself and for those in need, withstanding nobly the humiliation while reminding that, above all, we are human by d...
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