Project Detail

Living

Synopsis

An English-language adaptation of Kurosawa's IKIRU set in London in the 1950s. Williams, a veteran civil servant, has become a small cog in the bureaucracy of rebuilding post-WWII England. As endless paperwork piles up on his desk, he learns he has a fatal illness. Thus begins his quest to find some meaning to his life before it slips away.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2022 - World premiere
Official Selection Venice International Film Festival 2022
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2022
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2022

Details

Year
2022
Type of project
Features
Running time
102 min
Director
Oliver Hermanus
Producer
Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley
Co-Producer
Jane Hooks
Executive Producer
Ko Kurosawa
Screenwriter
Kazuo Ishiguro
Principal cast
Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Tom Burke, Alex Sharp

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