Living (2022 film)

Living
Theatrical release poster
Directed byOliver Hermanus
Screenplay byKazuo Ishiguro
Based on
Ikiru
by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJamie D. Ramsay
Edited byChris Wyatt
Music byEmilie Levienaise-Farrouch
Production
companies
Distributed byLionsgate UK
Release dates
  • 21 January 2022 (2022-01-21) (Sundance)
  • 4 November 2022 (2022-11-04) (United Kingdom)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
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.

  1. ^ "Living (2022)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Living (2022)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 5 May 2023.