Still Life

Director - Uberto Pasolini
Writer - Uberto Pasolini
Cast - Eddie Marsan, Joanne Froggatt, Andrew Buchan
Producers - Uberto Pasolini, Christopher Simon, Felix Vossen
Production Companies - Redwave Films, Embargo Films

SYNOPSIS

For over 22 years, life for the unassuming John May (Eddie Marsan) has been his work for the local council in South London, finding the next of kin for those in his community who have passed away alone. But in this age of ‘efficiency’, John’s meticulousness and care is no longer deemed necessary, and he is abruptly made redundant. John is left with one assignment: a search for the relatives of an elderly neighbour, Billy Stoke.

As he journeys beyond London to piece together Billy’s past, John uncovers a life of mischief, misadventure, love and regret, most of all for an abandoned daughter, Kelly (Joanne Froggatt) whom John manages to locate. These two insular people are naturally drawn to each other, and as friendship blossoms, John’s outlook opens imperceptibly to life’s possibilities…

FILM FESTIVALS & AWARDS

WINNER - Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2013 - Black Pearl Award (New Horizons) - Best Film
WINNER - Art Film Fest, Slovakia - Blue Angel for Best Male Performance (Eddie Marsan)
WINNER - Capri, Hollywood 2013 - Capri Cult Award
WINNER - Cinessonne Festival of European Cinema - Best Actor Award (Eddie Marsan)
WINNER - Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - Best Performance in a British Feature (Eddie Marsan)
WINNER - FICE 2013 (Federazione Italiana Cinema d'Essai) - Best European Director (Migliore Regista Europeo) Uberto Pasolini
WINNER - Golden Apricot Yerevan 11th International Film Festival 2014 - Special Jury Mention
WINNER - Golden Globes (Italy) 2014 - Golden Globe Best Cinematography (Migliore Fotografia)(Stefano Falivene)
WINNER - Kosmorama, Trondheim International Film Festival 2014 - New Directors People's Award
WINNER - Mostly British Film Festival 2015 - Audience Award, Best Motion Picture

FILM REVIEWS

"A sensitive, measured and touching work, completed with Eddie Marsan's performance, an extraordinary actor, as a man who is capable of a great deal of humanity" Camilio de Marco, Cineuropa

"Director Uberto Pasolini has a gem in Marsan, a virtuoso actor who plays the role delicately where another might have laid on the pathos too thick" ★★★✩ Sara Stewart, New York Post

"The poignant story of a shy, lonely council official is sympathetically observed but ultimately sentimental" ★★★✩✩ Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

"This is a gentle, well-observed drama with a very likeable performance from Marsan" ★★★✩✩ Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent

"A doleful, charming film from Uberto Pasolini" ★★★✩✩ Nigel Andrews, Financial Times 

"Eddie Marsan gives an exemplary performance in the touching, low-key British drama" ★★★✩✩ Stephen Carty, Radio Times

"There is a static, stoic grace to this picture that is quite unlike anything else in cinemas right now" ★★★✩✩ Leigh Paatsch, Herald Sun (Australia)

"Pasolini crafts a small, but poignant and well performed tale of life and death"         ★★★✩✩ Joe Walsh, Cinevue

"Uberto Pasolini is best known as the producer of the The Full Monty but he's proving a skilled and sensitive director as evidence by quietly haunting British drama Still Life" ★★★✩✩ Henry Fitzherbert, The Express

"Marsan proves his worth by raising the film with a touching, personal performance." Matt Seton, HeyUGuys