Directed by:
Simon RumleyScreenplay:
Simon RumleyCinematography:
Milton KamComposer:
Richard ChesterPlots(1)
A furiously original meld of madness and pathos, The Living and the Dead is family dysfunction at its most shocking and grotesque. With bankruptcy looming, desperate Donald Brocklebank (Roger Lloyd Pack, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) must leave his bedridden wife alone with their son James -- a schizophrenic man-child. In a horrific fit of dementia James abandons his medication, locks the doors, and plays nurse. As his ability to distinguish morbid fantasy from reality decays, he plunges into a mental labyrinth so violent and deranged none of them may survive it. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Roger Lloyd Pack
UK
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Richard Syms
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Leo Bill
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Kate Fahy
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Richard Cotton
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