Living

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"deeply felt, beautifully acted movie"

THE GUARDIAN
  • Archive - Festival 38
  • Director: Oliver Hermanus
  • United Kingdom 2022
  • 102 minutes
  • English
  • Subtitles in Hebrew

London, 1953. Williams, a veteran civil servant, has become a small cog in the city as it struggles to rebuild post-WWII. With endless paperwork piles up on his desk and loneliness waiting for him at home, he learns he has a fatal illness. Thus begins his quest to find some meaning to his life before it slips away.

Living is a reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 masterpiece Ikiru. With a dazzling screenplay by Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro, nuanced storytelling by filmmaker Oliver Hermanus and astounding performances led by Bill Nighy, Living is a poignant and mesmerizing gem.

Filmography: Moffie (2019), The Endless River (2015), Beauty (2011), Shirley Adams (2009)

Screened as part of a double feature with the film IKIRU

 

Ikiru by Akira Kurosawa is screened in the festival’s program as well

 

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  • Director Oliver Hermanus
  • Production Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen
  • Script Kazuo Ishiguro, based on Akira Kurosawa’s film Ikiru
  • Cinematography Jamie D. Ramsay
  • Editing Chris Wyatt
  • Music Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch
  • Festivals Sundance, Venice, Toronto
  • Actors Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp, Tom Burke, Adrian Rawlins
  • Source Lev Cinemas Ltd.