Two Days, One Night
A quietly gruelling, humane ordeal that follows a fragile woman door to door, wringing tension from ordinary conversations and leaving you wrung out but oddly hopeful.
Bleak, melancholic, slow-burn · about class and isolation
I, Daniel Blake
A quietly devastating, humanising look at poverty and bureaucracy that moves with slow, accumulating power.
About 2016 film directed by Ken Loach
Genres drama
Directed by Ken Loach
Written by Paul Laverty
Starring Hayley Squires, Dave Johns, Sharon Percy, Shaun Prendergast, Kate Rutter, Dave Turner, Natalie Ann Jamieson, Gavin Webster
Music George Fenton
Runtime 100 min
Country Belgium, France, United Kingdom
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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