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Loach triumphs again at Cannes Film Festival
RITA DI SANTO sees the British director carry off the top prize
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Veteran director Ken Loach carried off the Palme D’Or top award for I Daniel Blake at this year's Cannes Film Festival. He previously won the prize in 2006 for The Wind that Shakes the Barley.
I, Daniel Blake tells the story of two ordinary people who are pushed to breaking point by circumstances beyond their control as they struggle to survive in a callous, bureaucratic welfare system seemingly designed to beat them to their knees.
Loach achieves an extraordinary balance of emotion and fact, telling the story with an urgent simplicity that is both powerful and moving.
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