The first teaser for Living has dropped, featuring Sex Education star Aimee Lou Wood alongside Bill Nighy.
The official synopsis for Living is as follows:"A London shattered by WWII is still recovering. Williams, a veteran civil servant, is an impotent cog within the city’s bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild.
"Buried under paperwork at the office, lonely at home, his life has long felt empty and meaningless. Then a shattering medical diagnosis forces him to take stock – and to try and grasp fulfilment before it goes beyond reach."
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Set in post-war London in the 1950s, Living is an English language adaption of filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's 1952 film Ikiru which tells the story of a terminally ill Tokyo bureaucrat who is on a quest to shed his cynicism and find meaning in life.
Early in the trailer, Nighy's character Williams is frequently described as frosty and not much fun to be around by his work colleagues.
"Mr Williams, a little on the frosty side perhaps. Not too much fun and laughter, rather like church," one character says, as we see clips of the character going through the motions at his desk job.
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Williams is then seen reflecting on his life and horrified of who he has become. "Small wonder I didn't notice what I was becoming. If only to be alive for one day," he tells his colleague in another clip.
"But I realise that, I don't know how and I so wish to do so."
Later in the trailer, we see him beginning to spend more time with his work colleagues, which includes Wood's character Margaret Harris, having fun at the cinema and the fairground.
Living is directed by Oliver Hermanus and Kazuo Ishiguro. In addition to Nighy and Wood, the film will also feature Alex Sharp and Adrian Rawlins.
Living hits UK cinemas on November 11.
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