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Living (2022)
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.
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.
The film's central focus on an individual's existential journey to find purpose and meaning in life, set against a backdrop of bureaucratic inertia, transcends specific political ideologies, positioning it as a neutral exploration of universal human themes.
The film features casting that reflects its 1950s London setting, without explicit DEI-driven race or gender swaps for traditionally white roles. Its narrative centers on a personal, existential journey, and does not critically portray traditional identities or make DEI themes central to its plot.
The film "Living" is an adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's Japanese film "Ikiru." The protagonist in "Ikiru," Kanji Watanabe, was Japanese. In "Living," the equivalent character, Mr. Williams, is portrayed by a white actor, constituting a race swap from the direct source material.
The film 'Living' does not feature identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on a civil servant's existential journey after a terminal diagnosis, exploring themes of life, purpose, and legacy in 1950s London.
The film 'Living (2022)' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a civil servant's existential crisis and his search for meaning after a terminal diagnosis, without engaging with transgender identity or experiences.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "Living" is an adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's "Ikiru." All major characters in this adaptation retain the same gender as their counterparts in the original source material, with no instances of a character established as one gender being portrayed as another.
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