The Living Wake
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.
Cast
Jesse Eisenberg
as Mills
Mike O'Connell
as K. Roth Binew
Jim Gaffigan
as Lampert Binew
Ann Dowd
as Librarian
Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine
as Prostitute
Eddie Pepitone
as Reginald
Jill Larson
as Alma Binew
Diane Kagan
as Marla
Caleb Wentworth
as Young K. Roth
Sam Goldfarb
as K. Roth's Doctor
