

Living
It's never too late to start.
London, 1953. Mr. Williams, a veteran civil servant, is an important cog within the city's bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of World War II. Buried under paperwork at the office and lonely at home, his life has long felt empty and meaningless. Then a devastating medical diagnosis forces him to take stock, and to try and grasp some fulfilment before it passes permanently beyond reach.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $10M
- Box office
- $7M
- Language
- English
- london, england
- terminal illness
- remake
- period drama
- post world war ii
- 1950s
- understated
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Produced in
Japan, Sweden, United Kingdom
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Digital / OTTSundance Film Festival (Virtual)21 Jan 2022
- PremiereTelluride Film Festival2 Sept 2022
- PremiereAFI Fest6 Nov 2022
- Theatrical (limited)PG-13New York City / Los Angeles23 Dec 2022
- TheatricalPG-136 Jan 2023
- Digital / OTTPG-136 Mar 2023
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival9 Oct 2022
- Theatrical12A4 Nov 2022
- Physical12Blu-ray & DVD13 Mar 2023
- Digital / OTT12Netflix3 Jul 2024
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalPG16 Mar 2023
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival11 Sept 2022
- Theatrical (limited)20 Jan 2023
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical (limited)144 Nov 2022
BrazilBR
- Digital / OTT10Netflix29 Nov 2025
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP28 Dec 2022
- PhysicalDVD & Blu-Ray25 May 2023
GermanyDE
- Theatrical618 May 2023
- Digital / OTT1220 Jul 2023
GreeceGR
- TheatricalK1226 Dec 2022
HungaryHU
- Digital / OTT18TVOD4 Apr 2023
IsraelIL
- TheatricalAll23 Feb 2023
ItalyIT
- PremiereVenice Film Festival31 Aug 2022
- TheatricalT23 Dec 2022
- PhysicalTDVD16 Oct 2023
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Living was released on 4 November 2022.
Audience reviews
2- C7/10
CinemaSerf
11/5/2022
Now I am not usually a particular fan of Bill Nighy but in this he is very much at the top of his game. An adaptation of Kurosawa's "Ikuru" (1952), the setting is shifted to London where Nighy is the fastidious "Mr. Williams". A local civil servant heading up the public works department of the London County Council. His small team has some new blood in the form of "Mr. Wakeling" (Alex Sharp) whose baptism in the depa…
- P9/10
Peter McGinn
4/20/2023
This is one of the better “quiet” movies, as I call them, that I have watched in a long time. Bill Nighy seems to excel in restrained roles, where he speaks quietly and shows emotion subtly. I am thinking especially of The Girl in the Cafe, where he oddly enough also plays a civil servant. Nighy is wonderful and methodical (in a good way) as a man who is thawing out from a repetitious, paralyzed life after he rece…
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