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Directed by | Oliver Hermanus |
Screenplay by | Kazuo Ishiguro |
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Cinematography | Jamie D. Ramsay |
Edited by | Chris Wyatt |
Music by | Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch |
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Distributed by | Lionsgate UK |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | $12.1 million[1][2] |
Living is a 2022 British historical drama film directed by Oliver Hermanus. Its screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro was adapted from the 1952 Akira Kurosawa film Ikiru. Set in 1953 London, it stars Bill Nighy as a bureaucrat in the public works department who learns he has a fatal illness.
Living had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 21 January 2022, and was released in the UK on 4 November 2022, by Lionsgate. The film received positive reviews, with Nighy's performance receiving particular acclaim. At the 95th Academy Awards, Living received two nominations: Best Actor for Nighy and Best Adapted Screenplay for Ishiguro.