The Living Wake (2007)

4.9/10 • 91 min • Comedy

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.

Cast

Jesse Eisenberg

Mike O'Connell

Jim Gaffigan

Ann Dowd

Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine

Eddie Pepitone

Jill Larson

Alma Binew

Matthew Cowles

Mossman

Stuart Rudin

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