Sentences with phrase «squires as the single mother»

The film is anchored by two excellent central performances; normally known for stand - up comedy, Dave Johns as the titular character delivers solid work in his film debut but it's Hayley Squires as the single mother of two who finds herself in some devastating circumstances that truly captures your heart.

«I, Daniel Blake» stars Hayley Squires as a single mother and David Johns as a carpenter who can't work after a heart attack.

Not exact matches

Trouble is, the bureaucracy of the English Government is unrelenting just the same, winning his case will take everything he's got; meanwhile, Daniel's generosity knows no bounds as he strains to help single mother of one, Katie (Hayley Squires).

The film, which stars Dave Johns and Hayley Squires in the story of an elderly carpenter who bonds with a single mother as they struggle against an unfeeling bureaucracy, was a surprising winner given the rave reviews handed down to other films, including Toni Erdmann and Paterson.

But it has passion and directness and idealism, and very good, unactorly performances from standup comic Dave Johns as Daniel Blake and Hayley Squires as Katie, the single mother from London who is relocated to a council flat in Newcastle, with its cheaper cost of living.

But as Katie, a friend he meets in the welfare line, Squires plays an exhausted, desperate single mother of three unable to afford life in a gentrified London.