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04/11/2022 Drama 1h 42m
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Overview

London, 1953. Mr. Williams, a veteran civil servant, is an important cog within the city's bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of World War II. Buried under paperwork at the office and lonely at home, his life has long felt empty and meaningless. Then a devastating medical diagnosis forces him to take stock, and to try and grasp some fulfilment before it passes permanently beyond reach.

  1. Kazuo Ishiguro

    Writer

  2. Oliver Hermanus

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Bill Nighy

    Williams

  2. Aimee Lou Wood

    Margaret Harris

  3. Alex Sharp

    Peter Wakeling

  4. Tom Burke

    Sutherland

  5. Adrian Rawlins

    Middleton

  6. Oliver Chris

    Hart

  7. Hubert Burton

    Rusbridger

  8. Zoe Boyle

    Mrs. McMasters

  9. Barney Fishwick

    Michael

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Reviews

A review by Peter McGinn
Written by Peter McGinn on 2023-04-20
This is one of the better “quiet” movies, as I call them, that I have watched in a long time. Bill Nighy seems to excel in restrained roles, where he speaks quietly and shows emotion subtly. I am thinking especially of The Girl in the Cafe, where he oddly enough also plays a civil servant.

Nighy is wonderful and methodical (in a good way) as a man who is thawing out from a repetitious, paralyzed life after he receives life-altering news. He even impresses when he sings a song in the same quiet, restrained manner.

A flashback is applied in an odd way nearer the end of the movie, but i...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$10,000,000.00

Revenue
$6,999,027.00

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