Living is a movie directed by Oliver Hermanus in 2022 and inspired by the book The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1886. The movie features Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp, Adrian Rawlins, Hubert Burton, Oliver Chris, and others.
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Storyline
Williams is a veteran civil servant and paper-pusher in the post-WWII London. Upon receiving a devastating medical diagnosis, he withdraws all his savings and travels to the south coast with the goal of making the most of his remaining days, but soon realizes he lacks the knowledge on how to do it. A mysterious stranger takes him out on the town and he becomes captivated by a cheerful young female colleague who possess the energy he never had.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
2022
Minutes
102
Movie Rate
7.50
Source: IMDb
Year
1886
Pages
86
Book Rate
8.18
S: Goodreads
Book
The Death of Ivan Ilych
Original title: Smert Ivana Ilyicha
Author: Leo Tolstoy
Country: Russia
First published in: 1886
Length: 86 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Akira Kurosawa
Movie by Bernard Rose
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“Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They both are fruit, but taste completely different.”
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