Living arrives with quite a pedigree - based on a Kurosawa film, co-written by Kazuo Ishiguro and immaculately (period) costumed by Sandy Powell - and delivers beautifully. Bill Nighy plays Mr Williams, a rigid and repressed County hall bureaucrat in the 1950s facing a huge personal crisis and learning how to finally live a little. The whole film is mounted exquisitely through its old-style presentation nods and featuring Nighy at his gently heartbreaking best, aided by strong supporting performances from Aimee Lou Wood as his young woman co-wprker who helps him on his journey and Alex Sharp as the callow office newbie. This is a quiet, simple tale told beautifully, shot through with wistful melancholy and a powerful message that everyone has the capacity to change and embrace life.
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