EXCLUSIVE: Living, one of the Sundance buzz titles since its January 21 premiere, is near a deal to be acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for around $5 million for North American and some international territories, Deadline hears.
This after a brisk auction involving the likes of Neon, Bleecker Street, and Focus Features.The Oliver Hermanus-directed drama stars Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, and Tom Burke.
Pic takes place in 1952 London, where veteran civil servant Williams has become a small cog in the bureaucracy of rebuilding England post WWII.
As endless paperwork piles up on his desk, he learns he has a fatal illness. Coaxed by a vivacious colleague, he begins his quest to find some meaning in his life before it slips away.CAA Media Finance is brokering the deal.
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