A widower leads a one-man crusade for compassion. Criterion Collection Year 2017 Theatrical Release 2017-01-06 Video Release 2018-01-16 Studio IFC Films Genre Drama MPAA Rating R CARA language Color Color Runtime 100 Animated Live-Action Full Synopsis Gruff but goodhearted, Daniel Blake Dave Johns is a man out of time a widowed woodworker who's never owned a computer, he lives according to his own common sense moral code. But after a heart attack leaves him unable to work and the state welfare system fails him, the stubbornly self-reliant Daniel must stand up and fight for his dignity, leading a one-man crusade for compassion that will transform the lives of a struggling single mother Hayley Squires and her two children. Director Ken Loach Cast Ken Loach; Dave Johns; Hayley Squires; Sharon Percy; Briana Shann; Dylan McKiernan; Natalie Ann Jamieson; Jane Birch; Mark Burns; Stephen Clegg; Colin Coombs