I, Daniel Blake Page #6

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- Is there anything ganning on around here?

- There's nowt here, mate. There's...

There might be something,

erm, a bit further up,

- if you try one of the other estates, but...

- Yeah?

...nothing doing on here.

Help you, mate?

Aye, I was just looking for some work, mate.

I was wondering if you had

anything ganning on?

I might have.

- Aye?

- Done this graft before?

- You got any experience?

- Oh, I've got 40 years of experience, mate.

I can turn me hand to owt.

Can I give you me CV?

Way-ay, course, I'll have a look at it.

There you go.

Cheers.

- Daniel?

- Aye, that's me.

I'm Harry, by the way.

Well, you've got plenty

of experience, like, I've gotta be honest,

I'm absolutely sick of young'uns.

Half the time they divvent turn up.

When they do, they cannot be arsed.

Dylan, Dylan, come off the road, come on.

Come on.

Dylan, come on. Catch up. Come on.

- Is this the, er, queue for the food bank?

- It is, aye.

D'you know how long we'll be waiting?

Oh, a canny long time, I reckon.

We've been here ages already.

Okay, thanks. Cheers.

- Hello.

- Hello.

How nice to see you.

Have you brought your little dog today?

Thank you very much, thank you.

Is it just food for yourself

and the two children, Katie? Thank you.

Would your children have

a drink of juice and a biscuit?

Would you like to go and see Agnes?

Agnes?

Could you do a juice and a biscuit, please?

- Jackie?

- Yeah.

Would you be able to

help Katie with her shopping today, please?

- There you are.

- Thank you.

Hiya, Katie. Thank you.

So, we've got one adult and two

children, yeah? Come with me.

- We'll start with the vegetables, yeah?

- Okay.

Right.

I'll give you one side

and we'll share it, yeah?

- Couple of onions.

- Is there anything we can do for you, hun?

- No, I'm fine, thanks.

- Are you sure?

- Aye, all right then.

- Toiletries, yeah?

Okay...

Have you just moved up here?

Your accent's not from here.

- You're not a Geordie girl.

- Yeah. Yeah, been up a little while.

Just come up from London.

Right. Nice accent.

Can you understand the Geordies?

Almost.

Right, over here.

I think we need another bag.

Have we got one?

Did you bus here?

- No? Well, sometimes.

- Well, sometimes.

She likes tea sometimes.

- Well, I'll just keep going in with stuff.

- Yeah.

And then you tell me

what you don't need, yeah?

Have you got any sanitary towels?

- We don't have sanitary towels, no.

- No? All right, not to worry. It's all right.

- Don't really donate things much like that.

- Yeah.

It's a shame, they should.

Right, right, if you open your bag. Rice?

- And a couple of toilet rolls?

- Mmm-hmm.

Yeah?

We'll go to the food.

It's falling out me bag.

- You can put...

- I've got this one. Right.

Erm, tins in yours. Put them in there.

Can you see anything else you want?

- There you go.

- Okay, thank you.

- Erm, there's pasta sauce over here.

- Mmm-hmm.

I'll get you some pasta sauce?

The pasta sauce...

And there's, er, pasta here as well.

I'll get you a pasta.

Hey, pet, are you all right?

What are you doing? What are you doing?

Come and sit down. It's all right.

It's all right, it's all right.

Come and sit down.

Come and sit down, it's all right.

Oh...

Okay, it's all right.

It's all right, it's all right.

It's all right. D'you want a drink?

- D'you want a drink?

- I'm really sorry...

- What's the matter?

- It's okay, don't worry.

- I'll get you a drink.

- Mum, what's going on?

It's okay. It's okay

I'm just really hungry.

- Okay, don't look at me.

- No, no, no, it's okay, it's okay.

There's no harm done.

I can't cope, Dan.

I feel like I'm going under.

Look, you'll get through this, darling.

- Thank you.

- You'll get through this.

Katie, listen to me.

This isn't your fault.

You've done amazing.

Dumped up here, on your own with two kids.

You've done nothing to be ashamed of.

Come on, you're okay.

Come on, wipe yourself.

Come on... You're okay.

- If my mum could see me...

- It's okay.

Look, these people are here to help you.

You know, you've done nothing

to be ashamed of.

- I'm so sorry.

- No, no, you're all right.

- Can I get you anything else?

- I just felt really faint.

D'you need some paper

tissues or baby wipes?

- I'll get you some baby wipes.

- Thank you.

I felt really faint.

Katie, can I get you something to eat?

Would you like some soup or something?

Yeah, yeah, yeah...

If you could get her some water.

Sure, yeah, anything. Yeah.

You not want some food?

- Yeah, please, get...

- Even something sugary.

I'll get you a doughnut or something.

Yeah, yeah?

There's no middlemen.

Straight from the factory.

Same quality as the shop.

- Same quality, exactly.

- Well, you're gonna have to do us a deal.

I couldn't pay 80 quid for this, though.

If you go to the shop, they're 150 pounds.

- A hundred and fifty quid?

- I'm selling these for 80 pounds.

- Only 80 quid.

- See, they've still got the stickers on.

Why are they 80?

The reason they're 80 is because

there's no middlemen, nothing.

- No middlemen, whatsoever.

- You and Piper, the top new businessmen.

That's my driver, Dan.

I'll give you a bloody driver.

So no-one's worn them before?

No-one's wore them. Nothing, look.

Check the quality yourself.

I'd probably wear them for the gym.

I couldn't say 80 quid, mate.

This is too expensive for 80 quid.

- They're 150 pound in the shop.

- A hundred and fifty pound, yeah.

- Oh, Dan. You all right, mate?

- Hello, Joe.

- Aye, I'm all right, mate, aye.

- How are you doing?

Erm, listen, we're ganning, erm...

We're away down the pub the night.

There's a load of us ganning.

There's a band on, you know.

We're gonna sink a few pints.

D'you fancy, fancy coming down?

Aye, I'd murder a pint, mate, but I daresn't.

I've been telt to lay off the sauce, you know.

- Oh, really?

- But, listen, tell the lads I'll come down

and pop into the sawmill, eh?

Oh, aye, aye, aye.

You know, if you fancy it anyway,

we're all going down.

So we might see you later, mate.

- Nice to see you, man.

- See you then. Ta-ta, see you.

Message for Daniel Blake.

Mr Blake, this is a call

from the DWP decision maker.

You should soon receive a letter

which states that you have been

deemed fit for work

and not entitled to Employment

and Support Allowance.

If you need any further information,

it's available online. Thank you.

F***'s sake.

- Hello?

- Hi, is that Daniel?

Yes, it is. Hi.

Hi, Daniel, it's Harry Edwards here.

We spoke the other day

at the garden centre...

- Oh, yeah, yeah.

- ...when you came down and handed your CV.

- How are you doing, mate? Are you all right?

- Yeah, yeah, I'm fine, thanks, yeah.

Er, listen. I tell you what, mate,

I've been going through all the CVs

I've had handed over

the last couple of weeks.

And I really like the look of yours.

Erm, you've got the experience

I'm looking for.

I was wondering if you could possibly, er,

pop by tomorrow and that for an interview?

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