PREVIEW: Living (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Bill Nighy (Love Actually), Aimee Lou Wood (The Electrical Life of Louis Wain), Alex Sharp (The Hustle), Tom Burke (The Souvenir), Zoe Boyle (The Last Letter from Your Lover), Lia Williams (Firelight), Adrian Rawlins (Darkest Hour), Oliver Chris (The Little Stranger), Barney Fishwick (film debut), Patsy Ferran (God’s Own Country), Michael Cochrane (The Iron Lady), Jamie Wilkes (film debut), Rosie Sansom (Saint Maud), Hubert Burton (Their Finest), Anant Varman (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Oliver Hermanus (Moffie), director; Kazuo Ishiguro (The White Countess), writer; Elizabeth Karlsen (Carol) and Stephen Woolley (The Crying Game), producers; Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch (Censor), composer; Jamie Ramsay (She Will), cinematographer; Chris Wyatt (Supernova), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1950s London, Williams (Nighy) is a civil servant who has dedicated his life to working within the city bureaucracy, and leads a lonely life. When he receives a shocking medical diagnosis, he sets out to leave a lasting legacy…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

A loose remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru, this powerful drama is one re-do of a classic that manages to stand well on its own, especially due to the career-best work by actor Bill Nighy.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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