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* AmbiguousDisorder: Dan's wife Molly is described as having had severe mood swings and describing her mind as "like the ocean: Calm one moment and wild the next". It's never outright stated but she likely had Bipolar Disorder or something similar.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Dan's neighbour China is rarely seen without another quieter guy in his house and they seem to be rather touchy-feely.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Dan's wife Molly is described as having had severe mood swings and describing her mind as "like the ocean: Calm one moment and wild the next". It's never outright stated but she likely had Bipolar Disorder or something similar.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Dan's neighbour China is rarely seen without another quieter guy in his house house, and they seem to be rather touchy-feely.
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* WhiteAndGreyMorality: Katie, Daniel, and most people in this movie are normal, everyday good people. Everyone is at least a little sympathetic and understandable.

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* WhiteAndGreyMorality: Katie, Daniel, and most people in this movie are normal, everyday good people. Everyone is at least a little sympathetic and understandable.understandable.

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* SeriousBusiness: Both Daniel and the people working at the Jobcentre have different ideas about how serious aspects of the application are. The majority of the workers don't treat Daniel's heart condition with any seriousness, while Daniel looks like he's not taking the job search seriously when he hands in a handwritten CV. The only worker who does try to show compassion is reprimanded by her boss for doing so.

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* SeriousBusiness: Both Daniel and the people working at the Jobcentre have different ideas about how serious aspects of the application are. The majority of the workers don't treat Daniel's heart condition with any seriousness, seriousness (they believe that as the DWP assessors have passed Daniel fit for work, he therefore is, and it doesn't matter what his own GP says), while Daniel looks like he's not taking the job search seriously when he hands in a handwritten CV. The only worker who does try to show compassion is reprimanded by her boss for doing so.
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* TooDesparateToBePicky: Katie is so overwhelmed by hunger that when she gets a care package from her local foodbank she cracks a cold can of beans open and starts consuming them whilst still in the queue, much to her own embarrassment.

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* TooDesparateToBePicky: TooDesperateToBePicky: Katie is so overwhelmed by hunger that when she gets a care package from her local foodbank she cracks a cold can of beans open and starts consuming them whilst still in the queue, much to her own embarrassment.

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* ICommaNoun: The title, ''I, Daniel Blake'', referring to the protagonist.

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* ICommaNoun: The title, ''I, Daniel Blake'', referring to the protagonist. More specifically it takes it's name from the scene where Dan vandalises the side of his local Jobcentre by spray painting an appeal letter on the side of it that starts with the words.


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* TooDesparateToBePicky: Katie is so overwhelmed by hunger that when she gets a care package from her local foodbank she cracks a cold can of beans open and starts consuming them whilst still in the queue, much to her own embarrassment.
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There's no implication the appeal wasn't going to work. He was told specifically he was going to win.


** Arguably counts as a BittersweetEnding as the sheer bleakness of the film's depiction of the welfare state actually caused many real political figures to take notice and implement reforms. [[spoiler:On an in-universe level, there's a firm implication that the appeal was never going to work, meaning that Dan at the very least died at his most happy and hopeful rather than living to hit yet another wall and dying alone and starving in his flat.]]

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** Arguably counts as a BittersweetEnding as the sheer bleakness of the film's depiction of the welfare state actually caused many real political figures to take notice and implement reforms. [[spoiler:On an in-universe level, there's a firm implication that the appeal was never going to work, meaning that Dan at the very least died at his most happy and hopeful rather than living to hit yet another wall and dying alone and starving in his flat.]]

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Dan's wife Molly is described as having had severe mood swings and describing her mind as "like the ocean: Calm one moment and wild the next". It's never outright stated but she likely had Bipolar Disorder or something similar.



* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: Daniel's vandalism of the benefits office is greeted with much enthusiasm by people nearby with two young guys even eager to get a picture with him.



* CoolOldGuy: Dan is a charming, friendly guy who gets along great with younger people, particularly Katie's kids.



* IntergenerationalFriendship: Dan and his neighbor China get along very well and China tells Dan if he ever needs anything, Dan only has to ask.



* LackOfEmpathy: A central theme of the film is how the benefits system is run without any sense of humanity, coldly disregarding people for minor errors, valuing arbitrary rules of protocol above all else and treating flesh and blood people like numbers with no concern for how choices affect them.



* OopNorth: Set and filmed in Newcastle in the North-East of England.

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* OopNorth: Set and filmed in Newcastle in the North-East of England. Katie is originally from London but was forced to move as it was the only place she could get housing placement in.
* PetTheDog: Katie is caught shoplifting but the manager of the supermarket simply pays for her stuff and lets her go. It's one of the few moments of kindness anyone shows her.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The film ends with Daniel suffering a fatal heart attack moments before he can finally get his benefits sorted, Katie remaining a prostitute, her children losing the closest they ever had to a father figure and the system that was at least partially responsible for his death is no way held to account.]]

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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The film ends with Daniel suffering a fatal heart attack moments before he can finally get his benefits sorted, Katie remaining a prostitute, her children losing the closest they ever had to a father figure and the system that was at least partially responsible for his death is in no way held to account.]]

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* AmbiguouslyGay: Dan's neighbour China is rarely seen without another quieter guy in his house and they seem to be rather touchy-feely.
* BeardOfSorrow: Dan starts off bald but steadily grows whiskers as his living situation declines.



* DeadpanSnarker: Dan has a dry, caustic wit which he uses to cope with a harsh, uncaring world.
* TheDeterminator: Dan compares himself to a dog with a bone. No matter how many roadblocks, setbacks and heartbreaks he faces, he never gives up. His sheer stubbornness proves to be both an asset and a hindrance at different points.



* GreyAndGrayMorality: Nobody is perfect and nobody is horrible either.

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** Arguably counts as a BittersweetEnding as the sheer bleakness of the film's depiction of the welfare state actually caused many real political figures to take notice and implement reforms. [[spoiler:On an in-universe level, there's a firm implication that the appeal was never going to work, meaning that Dan at the very least died at his most happy and hopeful rather than living to hit yet another wall and dying alone and starving in his flat.]]
* GreyAndGrayMorality: Nobody is perfect and nobody is horrible either.either, even the obstructive bureaucrats.



* NewMediaAreEvil: {{Averted}}, Daniel's main frustrations with modern technology stem from a simple lack of understanding, though he takes pride in being an old-fashioned pencil-and-paper person with common sense. However, the Jobcentre and associated parties' "all-digital" slogans only serve to alienate Dan further, best demonstrated by an unhelpful call handler insisting that he can only find a phone number for a dyslexic line on the internet [[TooDumbToLive even after being told that Dan has no access to the internet due to being dyslexic.]]



* SeriousBusiness: Both Daniel and the people working at the job center have different ideas about how serious aspects of the application are. The majority of the workers don't treat Daniel's heart condition with any seriousness, while Daniel looks like he's not taking the job search seriously when he hands in a handwritten CV. The only worker who does try to show compassion is reprimanded by her boss for doing so.

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* SeriousBusiness: Both Daniel and the people working at the job center Jobcentre have different ideas about how serious aspects of the application are. The majority of the workers don't treat Daniel's heart condition with any seriousness, while Daniel looks like he's not taking the job search seriously when he hands in a handwritten CV. The only worker who does try to show compassion is reprimanded by her boss for doing so.
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* SeriousBusiness: Both Daniel and the people working at the job center have different ideas about how serious aspects of the application are. The workers don't treat Daniel's heart condition with any seriousness, while Daniel looks like he's not taking the job search seriously when he hands in a handwritten CV.

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* SeriousBusiness: Both Daniel and the people working at the job center have different ideas about how serious aspects of the application are. The majority of the workers don't treat Daniel's heart condition with any seriousness, while Daniel looks like he's not taking the job search seriously when he hands in a handwritten CV.CV. The only worker who does try to show compassion is reprimanded by her boss for doing so.
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* ICommaNoun: The title, ''I, Daniel Blake'', referring to the protagonist.
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* SingleMomStripper: [[spoiler: Katie eventually becomes one out of desperation, and still is as of the film's ending.]]

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* SingleMomStripper: [[spoiler: Katie eventually becomes one out of desperation, and still is as of the film's ending.]]]]
* WhiteAndGreyMorality: Katie, Daniel, and most people in this movie are normal, everyday good people. Everyone is at least a little sympathetic and understandable.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Downplayed. Katie and Daniel are not really jerks but they can be triggered and have caused a scene throughout several points of the film. They otherwise are still normal, good people.
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* GreyAndGrayMorality: Nobody is perfect and nobody is horrible either.
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''I, Daniel Blake'' is a 2016 British Drama film directed by Ken Loach. It won the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, the Prix du public at the Locarno International Film Festival and Most Popular International Feature at the Vancouver International Film Festival.

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''I, Daniel Blake'' is a 2016 British Drama film directed by Ken Loach.Creator/KenLoach. It won the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, the Prix du public at the Locarno International Film Festival and Most Popular International Feature at the Vancouver International Film Festival.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"...demand my appeal date before I starve and change the shit music on the phones!"'']]

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Daniel spends the entire film struggling just to tell the government that he should qualify for benefits.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The film ends with Daniel suffering a fatal heart attack moments before he can finally get his benefits sorted, Katie remaining a prostitute, her children losing the closest they ever had to a father figure and the system that was at least partially responsible for his death are in no way held to account.]]

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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The film ends with Daniel suffering a fatal heart attack moments before he can finally get his benefits sorted, Katie remaining a prostitute, her children losing the closest they ever had to a father figure and the system that was at least partially responsible for his death are in is no way held to account.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The film ends with Daniel suffering a fatal heart attack moments before he can finally get his benefits sorted, Katie remaining a prostitute, her children losing the closest they ever had to a father figure and the system that was at least partially responsible for his death are in no way held to account.]]
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* BeleagueredBureaucrat: Ann, the only bureaucrat in the movie who actually cares about the people she's trying to help, is rendered ineffectual by inane rules that confound even her.

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* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: Daniel's heart condition eventually gives him a fatal heart attack.]]



* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: Daniel's heart condition eventually gives him a fatal heart attack.]]



* HopelessWithTech: Daniel has never used a computer before, and a librarian has to explain to him how the mouse works. This is quickly PlayedForDrama once he's told that he has to apply online, making his application even more difficult.



* SeriousBusiness: Both Daniel and the people working at the job center have different ideas about how serious aspects of the application are. The workers don't treat Daniel's heart condition with any seriousness, while Daniel looks like he's not taking the job search seriously when he hands in a handwritten CV.



* SingleMomStripper: [[spoiler: Katie eventually becomes one out of desperation, and still is as of the film's ending.]]
* SeriousBusiness: Both Daniel and the people working at the job center have different ideas about how serious aspects of the application are. The workers don't treat Daniel's heart condition with any seriousness, while Daniel looks like he's not taking the job search seriously when he hands in a handwritten CV.
* HopelessWithTech: Daniel has never used a computer before, and a librarian has to explain to him how the mouse works. This is quickly PlayedForDrama once he's told that he has to apply online, making his application even more difficult.

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* SingleMomStripper: [[spoiler: Katie eventually becomes one out of desperation, and still is as of the film's ending.]]
* SeriousBusiness: Both Daniel and the people working at the job center have different ideas about how serious aspects of the application are. The workers don't treat Daniel's heart condition with any seriousness, while Daniel looks like he's not taking the job search seriously when he hands in a handwritten CV.
* HopelessWithTech: Daniel has never used a computer before, and a librarian has to explain to him how the mouse works. This is quickly PlayedForDrama once he's told that he has to apply online, making his application even more difficult.
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* OopNorth: Set and filmed in Newcastle in the North-West of England.

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* OopNorth: Set and filmed in Newcastle in the North-West North-East of England.
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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted. Katie asks for sanitary towels in the food bank and is resorted to stealing them. Unfortunately, this is TruthInTelevision for many women who depend on food bank donations.

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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted. Katie asks for sanitary towels in the food bank and is resorted resorts to stealing them.them as they don't have any. Unfortunately, this is TruthInTelevision for many women who depend on food bank donations.

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After suffering a major heart attack, former carpenter Daniel Blake seeks Employment and Support Allowance. However, while his doctors tell him that he must not return to work, the government's less accurate test states that he is fit for work and his only choice for benefits is Job Seekers Allowance, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption a benefit that requires he proves he's been looking for work]]. At the job center he meets Kaite, a young woman with two children (Daisy and Dylan) facing a similar issue, and the two try to cut through the red tape.

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After suffering a major heart attack, former carpenter Daniel Blake seeks Employment and Support Allowance. However, while his doctors tell him that he must not return to work, the government's less accurate test states that he is fit for work and his only choice for benefits is Job Seekers Allowance, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption a benefit that requires he proves he's been looking for work]]. At the job center he meets Kaite, Katie, a young woman with two children (Daisy and Dylan) facing a similar issue, and the two try to cut through the red tape.


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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted. Katie asks for sanitary towels in the food bank and is resorted to stealing them. Unfortunately, this is TruthInTelevision for many women who depend on food bank donations.


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* OopNorth: Set and filmed in Newcastle in the North-West of England.
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* [[spoiler: Shoot The Shaggy Dog: Daniel dies moments before he can finally sort out his benefits issue.]]
* [[spoiler: Single Mom Stripper: katie eventually becomes one out of desperation, and still is as of the film's ending.]]
* SeriousBusiness: Both Daniel and the people working at the job center have different ideas about how serious aspects of the application are. the workers don't treat Daniel's heart condition with any seriousness, while Daniel looks like he's not taking the job search seriously when he hands in a handwritten CV.

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* * ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler: Shoot The Shaggy Dog: Daniel dies moments before he can finally sort out his benefits issue.]]
* SingleMomStripper: [[spoiler: Single Mom Stripper: katie Katie eventually becomes one out of desperation, and still is as of the film's ending.]]
* SeriousBusiness: Both Daniel and the people working at the job center have different ideas about how serious aspects of the application are. the The workers don't treat Daniel's heart condition with any seriousness, while Daniel looks like he's not taking the job search seriously when he hands in a handwritten CV.
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After suffering a major heart attack, former Carpenter Daniel Blake seeks Employment and Support Allowance. However, while his doctors tell him that he must not return to work, the government's less accurate test states that he is fit for work and his only choice for benefits is Job Seekers Allowance, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption a benefit that requires he proves he's been looking for work]]. At the job center he meets Kaite, a young woman with two children (Daisy and Dylan) facing a similar issue, and the two try to cut through the red tape.

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After suffering a major heart attack, former Carpenter carpenter Daniel Blake seeks Employment and Support Allowance. However, while his doctors tell him that he must not return to work, the government's less accurate test states that he is fit for work and his only choice for benefits is Job Seekers Allowance, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption a benefit that requires he proves he's been looking for work]]. At the job center he meets Kaite, a young woman with two children (Daisy and Dylan) facing a similar issue, and the two try to cut through the red tape.
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''I, Daniel Blake'' is a 2016 British Drama film directed by Ken Loach. It won the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, the Prix du public at the Locarno International Film Festival and Most Popular International Feature at the Vancouver International Film Festival.

After suffering a major heart attack, former Carpenter Daniel Blake seeks Employment and Support Allowance. However, while his doctors tell him that he must not return to work, the government's less accurate test states that he is fit for work and his only choice for benefits is Job Seekers Allowance, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption a benefit that requires he proves he's been looking for work]]. At the job center he meets Kaite, a young woman with two children (Daisy and Dylan) facing a similar issue, and the two try to cut through the red tape.
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!!The film contains examples of:
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Daniel spends the entire film struggling just to tell the government that he should qualify for benefits.
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: Daniel's heart condition eventually gives him a fatal heart attack.]]
* DisappearedDad: Daisy and Dylan have separate fathers, both of whom ran out on them.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: No one who Daniel talks to is actually able help him in any real way, and that's if they care about his situation in the first place.
* [[spoiler: Shoot The Shaggy Dog: Daniel dies moments before he can finally sort out his benefits issue.]]
* [[spoiler: Single Mom Stripper: katie eventually becomes one out of desperation, and still is as of the film's ending.]]
* SeriousBusiness: Both Daniel and the people working at the job center have different ideas about how serious aspects of the application are. the workers don't treat Daniel's heart condition with any seriousness, while Daniel looks like he's not taking the job search seriously when he hands in a handwritten CV.
* HopelessWithTech: Daniel has never used a computer before, and a librarian has to explain to him how the mouse works. This is quickly PlayedForDrama once he's told that he has to apply online, making his application even more difficult.

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