Portrush Film Theatre Proudly Presents
I Daniel Blake
Thursday 26th January 7:30pm
Synopsis
The story centres around a 59 year old joiner Daniel Blake and is set in Newcastle. Daniel has had a heart attack at work. Doctors tell him that he is not ready to go back to work. Applying for sickness benefit he finds that he is not eligible as the authorities have not contacted his doctor for information on his condition. Instead he gets jobseekers allowance but has difficulty in meeting the conditions by actively looking for work as he is not computer literate.
Daniel falls in with single mother Katie and her two children, Dylan and Daisy. They have left a homeless persons' hostel in London and moved to Daniel's home town. On her first visit to the Job Centre, Katie got lost and being late has lost her benefits. She can now no longer feed her family or heat their flat.
Together they try to deal with the problems they face together. The rest of the film deals with the problems that they face and Daniels appeal against the decision on his sickness benefit.
This film is directed by Ken Loach and is certainly well worth seeing.
The film is a 15 cert. Doors opening at 7pm for a start time of 7.30pm Tickets are £4
The story centres around a 59 year old joiner Daniel Blake and is set in Newcastle. Daniel has had a heart attack at work. Doctors tell him that he is not ready to go back to work. Applying for sickness benefit he finds that he is not eligible as the authorities have not contacted his doctor for information on his condition. Instead he gets jobseekers allowance but has difficulty in meeting the conditions by actively looking for work as he is not computer literate.
Daniel falls in with single mother Katie and her two children, Dylan and Daisy. They have left a homeless persons' hostel in London and moved to Daniel's home town. On her first visit to the Job Centre, Katie got lost and being late has lost her benefits. She can now no longer feed her family or heat their flat.
Together they try to deal with the problems they face together. The rest of the film deals with the problems that they face and Daniels appeal against the decision on his sickness benefit.
This film is directed by Ken Loach and is certainly well worth seeing.
The film is a 15 cert. Doors opening at 7pm for a start time of 7.30pm Tickets are £4
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