An adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's 1952 classic Ikiru by Nobel & Booker Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro. This is a film about how a small but epic act can become a momentous event. 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.
Living
63rd TIFF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Oliver Hermanus
- Script: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Cinematography: Jamie D. Ramsay
- Editing: Chris Wyatt
- Sound: Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley
- Music: Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch
- Actors: Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp, Tom Burke
- Production: Number 9 Films, Film4, Lipsync Productions, Rocket Science, Filmgate Films, Film i Väst, Media
- Producers: Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen
- Costumes: Sandy Powell
- Production Design: Helen Scott
- Make Up: Nadia Stacey
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: United Kingdom
- Production Year: 2021
- Duration: 102΄
- Distribution in Greece: Odeon
- Contact: Rocket Science
Oliver Hermanus
Oliver Hermanus debuted his first film, Shirley Adams, in 2009, premiering in competition at the 62nd Locarno Film Festival. His second, Skoonheid, was presented in the Un Certain Regard competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival. His third, The Endless River, premiered in Competition at the 72nd Venice Film Festival where it was the first South African film to be invited to the main competition. His fourth feature, Moffie, premiered in the Orizzonti competition at the 76th Venice Film Festival in 2019. Living is his first non-South African set feature.
Filmography
2009 Shirley Adams
2015 The Endless River
2019 Moffie
2022 Living
