The Living Wake

Name: The Living Wake
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2007-06-06
Duration: 91 min
Cast: Matthew Cowles, Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine, Mike O'Connell, Eddie Pepitone, Sam Goldfarb

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Release Date

6/6/2007

Runtime

91 mins

Genres

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.

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Released

Original Language

English

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A whimsical yet poignant descent into absurdity as a delusional artist stages his own final performance, balancing dark humor with an oddly tender meditation on mortality and meaning-making.