The Living Wake
2007, Film, 91 min, Comedy, English, United States, MoviePedia score 59
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.
Directed by Sol Tryon
Cast
- Mike O'Connell as K. Roth Binew
- Jesse Eisenberg as Mills
- Jim Gaffigan as Lampert Binew
- Ann Dowd as Librarian
- Eddie Pepitone as Reginald
- Rebecca Comerford as Psychic
- Jill Larson as Alma Binew
- Diane Kagan as Marla
- Ben Duhl as Liquorsmith
- Matthew Cowles as Mossman
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