Movie《Desire of Life/Living》Plot Introduction

Now the Internet - Living - is hotly broadcast, and every detail in it deeply attracts the audience's attention.Whether it is the plot setting, costume matching or music selection, they all show the excellence and dedication of the production team.Various characters appearing in the play also have in-depth character processing and destiny display, and have become classic characters in the hearts of the audience.So today the editor will tell you about the movie - Living - a plot introduction.

The movie - Living - is adapted from the 1952 Japanese film - Living - directed by Akira Kurosawa, which was originally inspired by Leo Tolstoy's 1886 novella《The death of Ivan Ilyich》inspired creation.

The plot tells the story of London in 1952. William, who has been a civil servant for many years, has become a screw in the bureaucracy of post-war reconstruction in Britain. Endless paperwork piles up on his desk. At this time, this tired man learns that he is suffering from a disease.When he was terminally ill, he began to want to find some meaning for his gray and monotonous life before he died.He tried indulgence, neglected his family and work, etc. Later, William was attracted to Margaret, a young female colleague in the same office. She seemed to represent life and vitality, and things passing by in William's life.The friendship between the two gradually deepened, and she inadvertently showed him how to face human mortality, how to accumulate her own life experience and dedicate her last full effort to overcome all difficulties to promote a long-delayed project., helping children in disadvantaged areas of London.

The screenwriter of this film is the famous Japanese-British writer Kazuo Ishiguro (カズオ イシグロ). His writing style is delicate, and his works are famous for exploring the contradictions and emotional entanglements of human nature.

Kazuo Ishiguro has had a dream for many years, which is to remake Akira Kurosawa's famous film Lust for Life (1952) in English with Bill Nighy.One night, Kazuo Ishiguro and his wife took a taxi with Bill Nye after a party. He proposed his idea to Bill Nye. Bill Nye had not watched "Lust for Life".-, immediately enthusiastically signed the project after seeing it.

This film is also Bill Nighy's first film after taking a year off due to the epidemic.

Every frame of Akira Kurosawa's "Shadow of Life" looks like an ethereal black-and-white photograph, but instead of trying to imitate that visual effect, this film takes a different approach.

The video uses retro filters to modify the picture to make the video more period-y and look like London of that era.

The film will be released in South Korea on December 13, 2023.

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