'Living' is a gentle look at the life of a 1950s bureaucrat with terminal cancer and how he spends his last months
Nighy stars as unflappable, reserved grey-man Mr Williams, whose routine-driven, dreary life of service as an official in the department of public works is shattered by a cancer diagnosis that leaves him with only a year to live. Devastated and deflated by the realisation of how little he has done with his life, Williams goes through a series of emotional reactions to his looming end that viewers of the original will recognise.
It’s a shame that despite starring a recognised and beloved British veteran, being written by a literary master, presenting a pivotal moment in the ever upward journey to international heights of a South African-born director and being nominated for two Oscars,has been snubbed by local distributors for a big screen release where its slight but confident and thoughtful reimaginations are best appreciated.
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