The Living Wake ( 2007 )

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.

Top Cast

Jesse Eisenberg

Mills

Mike O'Connell

K. Roth Binew

Jim Gaffigan

Lampert Binew

Ann Dowd

Librarian

Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine

Prostitute

Eddie Pepitone

Reginald

Jill Larson

Alma Binew

Diane Kagan

Marla

Caleb Wentworth

Young K. Roth

Sam Goldfarb

K. Roth's Doctor

Matthew Cowles

Mossman