I, Daniel Blake
A Newcastle joiner signed off work after a heart attack is assessed as fit by a private contractor, and to appeal he must first claim a benefit that requires him to spend his week proving he is looking for the job he is not allowed to take. He meets a young mother sanctioned for arriving late to an appointment in a city she does not know. Loach's second Palme, at eighty.
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