Living

Living (2022) is the adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's classic from 1952 Ikiru.
The film follows a veteran civil servant and bureaucratic cog in the rebuilding of Britain post-WWI. Williams expertly pushes paperwork around a government office only to reckon with his existence when he’s diagnosed with a fatal illness.

Duration: 102
Production year: 2022
Country: Japan, United Kingdom
Subtitles: EN, Subtitles: PT

Sundance Festival 2022 - Official Selection
American Film Institute Festival 2022 - Official Selection

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Oliver Hermanus

The Cape Town-born director Oliver Hermanus holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film, Media and Visual Studies. After graduating, he worked as a press photographer with a national news agency in South Africa. In 2006 he completed a Masters degree from the London Film School and his graduation film Shirley Adams premiered in competition at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2009. That same year Oliver was selected to attend the 19th session of the Cannes Film Festivals Cinéfondation in Paris. His third feature, The Endless River (2015), premiered in Competition at the 72nd Venice Film Festival, becoming the first ever South African film to be invited to the main competition.
His latest movie Living (2022) is an adaptation of the classic Ikiru (1952) by the japanese director Akira Kurosawa. The film is part of the official selection on the LEFFEST22.

Original title: Living

Oliver Hermanus

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