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26.01.2022 - 03:25 / thewrap.com
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the North American rights to “Living,” the film from Oliver Hermanus starring Bill Nighy that made tis premiere at the Sundance Film Festival out of competition.The film is a new take on Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 film “Ikiru” and is written by Kazuo Ishiguro, a Nobel Prize-winning author. Sony Pictures Classics also picked up rights to the film in Latin America, India, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Germany, South Africa, Southeast Asia, and airlines worldwide.
No release plans have been set. “Living” is the story of a civil servant in London in 1953 as the city is still recovering from WWII who is tired of being a cog in the city’s bureaucracy is buried under paperwork and is lonely at home with the feeling that his life has felt empty and meaningless.
But when he discovers that a medical diagnosis forces him to take stock of his life, he tries to grasp fulfillment before it goes beyond reach. In addition to Nighy, the cast includes Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp and Tom Burke.The film is produced by Stephen Woolley (“The Crying Game”) and Elizabeth Karlsen (“Carol”) of Number 9 Films, who also produced Sony Pictures Classics’ upcoming drama “Mothering Sunday.” The film has been developed with support from Film4 and Ingenious, with financing from Film4, County Hall Arts, and Lipsync.
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