I, Daniel Blake Page #8

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Would you like me to write

you a referral to a food bank?

Dan, you're not leaving, are you?

Aye, I'm off to the Bahamas.

Nah, I'm just sick of the old stuff.

I need a change.

Are you okay, Dan?

I'm fine, son.

You don't look okay.

No, really, I'm fine.

You haven't given us a row

about leaving the rubbish out.

I'm okay, China, really.

If you need anything, Dan, let me know.

Absolutely anything.

I mean it, Dan, anything.

I know, son.

Twenty, forty, sixty, eighty, a hundred.

Twenty, forty, sixty, eighty, two hundred.

All right?

Aye, fair enough.

Anything else I can help you with?

No, that's it.

What about these?

Good quality hand tools.

Nae chance. I'll be ganning back

to work soon enough.

Well, the offer's there.

Now these look nice. How much d'you want?

They're not for sale, mate.

Give us a ring if you change

your mind. See you now.

What are you doing?

Oh, you're freezing.

What's wrong?

Well, erm, the girls at school

are making fun of me.

They're what?

The girls at school are making fun of me.

Why are they making fun of you?

My shoes fell apart.

Oh, did they?

But we glued them back together.

- Mmm.

- They fell apart again?

All right, we can get you

a new pair of shoes.

We don't have the money.

Don't you worry about that,

we can get you a new pair of shoes.

Okay.

One of the girls heard about

what happened at the food bank.

And they're saying

things to you about that, are they?

We'll get it sorted, don't you worry.

D'you wanna sleep here with me?

Yeah? All right, babe,

roll over then. Tuck in.

That's it. Roll right over. I'll tuck you in.

Good girl.

Hello?

Hello, is that Ivan?

It is, yeah. Who's that?

It's, it's Katie,

the girl at the supermarket.

You gave me... You gave me

your phone number.

Okay, I remember you.

Yeah, I was, erm... I was ringing about

the work that you were talking about.

It's nice to meet you.

You don't need to be nervous

with me. I can see you're in pain.

You don't... You don't need to be, all right?

I'm gonna help you. Okay?

So, don't cry, right.

I don't want you to cry, I'm gonna help you.

I know the situation. Ivan's told us a little

bit about you and, you know,

and that's what I'm here for.

I am gonna help you.

Hey, ya.

- All right?

- Yeah.

Did they, er, they go down all right?

Nae bother. Both fast asleep. How'd it go?

Yeah, it was good, it was good.

It was a, it was a single-parent meeting.

One of the mums came and spoke

to me afterwards, she was really nice.

Ah, there's some good people round, yeah.

Yeah.

Make sure you take care

of yourself, Dan, won't ya?

- Course I will.

- All right.

- See you soon.

- Good night.

- Give my love to the kids in the morning.

- I will do.

- Thank you.

- 'Night.

Dan, it's me. Erm, thank you

for coming round tonight.

Daisy woke up and she forgot to ask

you about her school project.

She's, erm, she's gotta interview

somebody about their work

and she wants to speak to you.

Oh, and they, they loved all your stories.

She said that Dylan was just

laughing and laughing.

It was lovely. Nearly made me cry

when she told me.

All right, I'll speak to you soon.

Sleep well. 'Night.

I've come to see the girl.

Okay. Come in.

Erm, do I pay you?

No, you pay the girl. It's that door there.

Right.

Oh, no, Dan.

Katie, you don't need to do this.

You shouldn't see me like this.

I'm sorry.

No, this, this is cut off. This is separate.

Can you... You need to get out.

Listen, I couldn't speak to you in the flat,

I need to speak to you now.

Dan, please, get out.

Oh, Katie, please, I need to speak to you.

I just wanna speak to you. Katie!

Dan, please, just go.

Dan, please, I don't want you here!

Will you just go, please!

- I've built you a bookcase.

- What?

For your books.

Oh, Dan. Please, just go.

- Please, just go, I don't want you here.

- This is breaking my heart.

Dan, please, just leave me alone.

I've got 300 quid in my pocket.

I can buy the kids fresh fruit.

If you can't deal with it,

I can't see you any more.

Listen, I've gotta go back inside.

D'you understand?

I don't wanna speak to you any more.

And don't show me any more love.

Cos you're gonna break me, Dan.

I don't understand.

So what jobs have you actually applied for?

It's a monumental farce, isn't it?

You sitting there with your

friendly name tag on your chest, Ann,

opposite a sick man looking

for nonexistent jobs,

that I can't take anyway.

Wasting my time, employers' time, your time.

And all it does is humiliate me,

grind me down.

Or is that the point,

to get my name off those computers?

Well, I'm not doing it any more.

I've had enough.

I want my date for my appointment

for my appeal for Employment and Support.

- Have you not had that yet?

- No.

Please listen to me, Dan.

It's a huge decision to come off JSA

without any other income coming in.

Look, it... It could be weeks before

your appeal comes through.

You see, there's no time limit

for a mandatory reconsideration.

I've got a time limit.

And you might not win.

Please, just keep signing on.

Get somebody to help you

with the online job searches.

Otherwise, you could lose everything.

Please don't do this. I've seen it before.

Good people, honest people, on the street.

Thank you, Ann.

But when you lose your self-respect,

you're done for.

I'll be seeing you gentlemen later.

Oh, wait until security sees this.

What's going on here?

What are you f***ing playing at?

- Aye-aye. You cannot touch us.

- Well that's clever, in't it?

It's me new art installation.

Eh? Certainly can, lads. Come on.

Look at this, you got all the technology.

- Look at this!

- I can't believe it.

I cannot believe it, man.

What have you done?

This is me new hobby.

Shall I put that on my CV?

Did you stop, even for a second,

to think about the consequences

of what you've done here?

All I know, mate,

is if I divvent get my appeal date,

I'll be here every day doing this.

- Unbelievable. Every day?

- Every day.

Tell you what, Ben,

just phone the police. Okay.

I cannae... Listen, mate,

I cannot believe this now.

This is out of our hands.

We're gonna have to phone the cops, man.

Well, if youse had done your job

like you should have done,

I wouldn't have had to resort to this.

I cannot believe it. I cannot believe it.

Go on, lad, give him a hand.

Yes!

Words of wisdom!

You're the man, wee man! Eh?

F***ing eh? Yeah!

Are youse out of work, mate?

Are you f***ing... Are you Daniel Blake?

I am Daniel Blake, yes.

Hey, this is Daniel Blake!

F***ing look at that. Yeah!

Yeah! Hey!

You look f***ing freezing, pal.

Here, have my jacket.

- No, no.

- No, come on, man, have my f***ing jacket.

It's all right, son. Look after yoursel', eh?

Keep yoursel' warm like.

You're a gentleman.

So what's, what's your appeal all about?

Liar!

You're... You're under arrest

on suspicion of criminal damage.

Hey, a miscarriage of justice, eh.

Slow down. Whoa. Back off.

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