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"Living" is a reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 film "Ikiru": the story of an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, who at the eleventh hour makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful... into one he can say has been lived to the  fullest. From the Award-Winning producers of masterpieces such as INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, CAROL and THE CRYING GAME and the acclaimed writer of REMAINS OF THE DAY comes a film which Rolling Stone magazine calls "AN ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS, HEARTBREAKING PIECE OF WORK" with Time Out adding that "BILL NIGHY PUTS IN A CAREER-BEST PERFORMANCE!". *Nominated for 2 Academy Awards: "Best Actor in a Leading Role"; "Best Adapted Screenplay"; ** Nominated for a Golden Globe Award: "Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama". **** Nominated for 3 BAFTAs: "Outstanding British Film of the Year"; "Best Screenplay (Adapted)"; "Best Leading Actor".

2022 · 1h 42m
Director Oliver Hermanus

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"Living" is a reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 film "Ikiru": the story of an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, who at the eleventh hour makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful... into one he can say has been lived to the  fullest. From the Award-Winning producers of masterpieces such as INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, CAROL and THE CRYING GAME and the acclaimed writer of REMAINS OF THE DAY comes a film which Rolling Stone magazine calls "AN ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS, HEARTBREAKING PIECE OF WORK" with Time Out adding that "BILL NIGHY PUTS IN A CAREER-BEST PERFORMANCE!". *Nominated for 2 Academy Awards: "Best Actor in a Leading Role"; "Best Adapted Screenplay"; ** Nominated for a Golden Globe Award: "Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama". **** Nominated for 3 BAFTAs: "Outstanding British Film of the Year"; "Best Screenplay (Adapted)"; "Best Leading Actor".

COMMON SENSE

Inspiring British drama reflects on meaning of life.

TOMATOMETER
Average 8
Reviews 224
Fresh 215
Rotten 9

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Studio
British Film Institute; Film4 productions
Released
2022
Run Time
1 hr 42 min
Rated
PG-13 for some suggestive material and smoking.
Regions of Origin
United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Sweden
© 2022 British Film Institute

Languages

Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom)
Audio

English (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

Subtitles

English (CC), English (United Kingdom) , English (United States) , Bulgarian , Chinese, Simplified , Chinese, Traditional , Czech , Danish , Estonian , Finnish , French (France) , German (Germany) , Hungarian , Latvian , Lithuanian , Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese (Brazil) , Russian , Slovak , Slovenian , Spanish (Latin America) , Swedish , Thai , Ukrainian , Vietnamese

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.