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I, Daniel Blake

film by Loach [2016]

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Loach’s film I, Daniel Blake (2016), about a man who survives a heart attack only to deal with government and medical bureaucracies, also won the Palme d’Or. In Sorry We Missed You (2019), a family’s attempt to use the gig economy to get ahead leaves them increasingly…
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history of film

In history of film: Great Britain
…The Angels’ Share (2012), and I, Daniel Blake (2016) among other films, all of which centred on themes of working-class life. Loach set several of his films in Scotland; other works on Scottish subjects included Trainspotting (1996), directed by Danny Boyle, Lynne Ramsay’s Ratcatcher (1999) and Morvern Callar (2002), and…
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