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Still Life (2013)

Still Life poster
Directed by
Johannes Krell, Uberto Pasolini, Florian Fischer
Genre
drama film, comedy drama
Country
Germany, United Kingdom, Italy
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 405 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man whose job is to find the families of people who die alone faces his own solitude. After decades of this lonely work he gets a new assignment. It pushes him to connect with a living person for the first time.

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What happens

Still Life is a 2013 drama film written and directed by Uberto Pasolini. The film was presented at the 70th Venice Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Director in the category "Orizzonti". At the Reykjavik International Film Festival, Still Life received the top award (Golden Puffin) as well as the FIPRESCI Award. It also received the Black Pearl award (the highest award) at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival for "its humanity, empathy and grace in treating grief, solitude and death"; for his performance, Eddie Marsan won the Best British Actor award at the 2014 Edinburgh International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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