The Living Wake
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2007-06-06
Runtime: 91 mins
Director: Sol Tryon
Writer: Peter Kline, Mike O'Connell
Spoken language: English
Genres: Comedy
Original title: The Living Wake
Production Companies:
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Jesse Eisenberg
Mike O'Connell
Jim Gaffigan
Ann Dowd
Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine
Eddie Pepitone
Jill Larson
Diane Kagan
Caleb Wentworth
Sam Goldfarb
Matthew Cowles
Rebecca Comerford
Ben Duhl
Stephen Brian Jones
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