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An outrageous state to be in
Ken Loach’s film on austerity Britain makes the blood boil, says ALAN FRANK

I, Daniel Blake (15)
Directed by Ken Loach
5/5

PRECIOUS few directors can create work whose subject and emotional impact fill you with justifiably burning anger and make you forget that you are watching a film.

Ken Loach is one of those talented few and, that rarest of film-makers, an authentic auteur.

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