The Living Wake (2007)

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Released:
2007-06-06

Overview:
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

Runtime:
1h 31min

Genre:
Comedy

  • Cast:
  • Jesse Eisenberg
    as
    Mills
  • Mike O'Connell
    as
    K. Roth Binew
  • Jim Gaffigan
    as
    Lampert Binew
  • Ann Dowd
    as
    Librarian
  • Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine
    as
    Prostitute