Living
Oliver Hermanus / GB, JP, SE, 2022 / 102 min.
In 1952, Akira Kurosawa was praised for Ikiru, his tale of a loyal municipal civil servant who, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, looks back on his life. Oliver Hermanus created a remake starring British actor Bill Nighy in the moving lead role.
Londen 1953. Mr Williams (Bill Nighy) leads an upstanding, hard working life as a civil servant where he and his staff toil to rebuild the country.
As the paperwork stacks up, the greying public official is told he doesn’t have long to live. His diagnosis forces him to review his existence. The widower, father of an orphaned son, wants to leave more behind than boring papers after his demise.
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Director
Oliver Hermanus
Production year
2022
Country
GB, JP, SE
Original title
Living
Length
102 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NLD
Format
DCP
Part of
Akira Kurosawa
After an absence of more than 30 years, Eye is bringing the films of one of Japan’s greatest filmmakers, Akira Kurosawa, to the big screen again, some in digitally restored versions. In his films, Kurosawa blends Japanese history and culture with literary and cinematic influences from the West.
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