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The Living Wake

The Living Wake (2007)

1h 31m | PG-13

⭐ 4.9 / 10

A dark comedy set in a timeless storybook universe. Self-proclaimed artist and genius, K. Roth Binew, has one day to live. He has enlisted his best and only friend, Mills Joquin, to take him around on a bicycle powered rickshaw. In a final attempt to probe life’s deepest mysteries, Binew endures one ridiculous trial after the next. He concludes his day with a final performance, his living wake. On a makeshift stage in an open field, Binew’s friends and enemies gather to witness his madness one final time.

Director: Sol Tryon

Studio: N/A

Genre: Comedy

Video: 720p

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Cast

Jesse Eisenberg

Jesse Eisenberg

as Mills

Mike O'Connell

Mike O'Connell

as K. Roth Binew

Jim Gaffigan

Jim Gaffigan

as Lampert Binew

Ann Dowd

Ann Dowd

as Librarian

Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine

Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine

as Prostitute

Eddie Pepitone

Eddie Pepitone

as Reginald