Living is a British drama film directed by Oliver Hermanus from a screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro, inspired by the 1886 Russian novel 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich' by Leo Tolstoy. Set in London in 1953, it depicts an officer, played by Bill Nighy, facing a terminal illness. Living is an exciting drama that explores what it is to be human and what it takes to live life to its fullest.