Rolling Stone said, “Living Is Bill Nighy’s finest hour”, and the review is spot on.
Overwhelmed at work and lonely at home, a civil servant’s life takes a heartbreaking turn when a medical diagnosis tells him his time is short.
Influenced by a local decadent and a vibrant woman, he continues to search for meaning until a simple revelation gives him a purpose to create a legacy for the next generation.
Based on a screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro and directed by Oliver Hermanus, the film follows an humourless English bureaucrat who softens when a dire prognosis inspires him to change tack and build his legacy.
Living is 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.
Living is a poignant and touching film that explores themes of grief, mortality, loneliness.
Living also stars Aimee Lou Wood, Tom Burke, and Alex Sharp and had a 96 per cent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
UK; Rated PG; 1 hour, 42 minutes
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVo5kLt_-BU
Date: Sunday, September 15, 2024
Time: 6pm for 6.30pm
Venue: RSL War Museum in Balo Street (opposite the fire station).
Cost: $15 including supper.
