Gruff but goodhearted, Daniel Blake is a man out of time: A widowed woodworker who’s never owned a computer, he lives according to his own commonsense moral code. After a heart attack leaves him unable to work and the state welfare system fails him, the stubbornly self-reliant Daniel must stand up and fight for his dignity, leading a one-man crusade for compassion that will transform the lives of a struggling single mother and her two children.