

The Living Wake
2007-06-06 · 91 min · ★ 4.9
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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- Sol Tryon
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- United States of America
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- Released
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Jesse EisenbergMills
Mike O'ConnellK. Roth Binew
Jim GaffiganLampert Binew
Ann DowdLibrarian
Colombe Jacobsen-DerstineProstitute
Eddie PepitoneReginald
Jill LarsonAlma Binew
Matthew CowlesMossman
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