Completed - ENGLISH - Drama - 102 minutes
LIVING is the story of an ordinary man (Best Actor Oscar nominee Bill Nighy), reduced by years of oppressive office routine, who at the eleventh hour makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful.
Year of production : 2022 Director(s) : Oliver HERMANUS Writer(s) : Kazou ISHIGURO Cast : Bill NIGHY, Aimee Lou WOOD, Alex SHARP, Tom BURKE Producer(s) : Stephen WOOLLEY (NUMBER 9 FILMS LIMITED), Elizabeth KARLSEN (NUMBER 9 FILMS LIMITED)
In London 1952, 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. He first attempts, with limited success, to throw himself into debauchery during a wild night in Brighton in the company of a bohemian writer he befriends there. Arriving back in London, he ignores family and work responsibilities for days on end. But soon he becomes intrigued by Margaret, a young co-worker in his office, who appears to exemplify exactly what life and living is. As their friendship grows, she shows him how to harness his years of experience and dedication into a final supreme effort to push through, against all odds, a modest, much-delayed project for children in a poor district of London. This last generous act rewards Williams with a revelatory understanding of the joys and meaning of living.
Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM
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