Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Ken Loach directs this drama that follows a 59-year-old joiner as he tries to navigate the British benefits system In the North-East of England widower Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) is forced to stop working when he is taken ill with heart disease & so applies for Employment & Support Allowance from the Government But his life is further thrown into disarray when his benefits are suddenly taken away from him & he is forced to jump through the many hoops of the bureaucratic system to get them back During this time he meets the similarly-troubled single mother Katie (Hayley Squires) whose financial problems mean she is being forced out of her home in London along with her two kids Dylan & Daisy (Dylan Mc Kiernan & Briana Shann) The film was nominated for five BAFTAs including Best Film Best Director (Loach) Best Original Screenplay & Best Supporting Actress (Squires) & won the award for Outstanding British Film of the Year Directors Ken Loach Language English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1