A surprisingly candid behind-the-scenes account of the career of Ken Loach, one of Britain’s most celebrated and controversial filmmakers, as he prepares to release his final major film I, Daniel Blake.
Direction
Osmond lets Loach's contradictions breathe without hagiography.
Editing
Brutal juxtaposition of Cannes glamour with benefits office despair.
Acting
Loach's own prickly, self-deprecating screen presence.
Director
Louise Osmond
Ken Loach
Self - Film Director
Tony Selby
Self - Actor
David Bradley
Self / Billy
Paul Laverty
Self - Screenwriter
Hayley Squires
Self / Katie
Dave Johns
Self / Daniel
Alan Parker
Self - Film Director
Gabriel Byrne
Self - Actor
Ricky Tomlinson
Self - Actor
Crissy Rock
Self / Maggie Conlan
Jim Loach
Self
Cillian Murphy
Self - Actor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Loach famously refuses to discuss his films' meanings, insisting they speak for themselves—yet here he can't stop talking.
The documentary captures Loach's 50-year war with Thatcherism's aftermath, making it accidentally timely for austerity Britain.
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