One day he gets a new case, an elderly alcoholic named Billy Stoke.
He meticulous, ordered and focused just on his job (he returns to his small council flat to a dinner of toast and a can of tuna) and always tries to do the right thing by those who have passed away by organising funerals, replete with music and eulogies, despite the fact only he is there to attend. In modern-day South London John May (Marsan) works for the local council attempting to find the next of kin to those who seem to have died alone. The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
The film is very much centred around Eddie Marsan’s restrained and highly watchable performance.ĭirected in a rather static manner – which helps the astute production design, costumes and location, but means it lacks a certain energy – Still Life is littered with engaging and entertainingly oddball moments, though in the end its lacks the poignancy it is aiming for, and rather shoots itself in the foot with a misjudged final scene. A mannered and rather familiar dark comedy-drama, Uberto Pasolini’s attractively structured British-set film is given life and depth by a striking performance by Eddie Marsan as a solitary man who works doing a rather usual job, and who is given a glimpse of what his future could be when he finds himself out of a job when his department is downsized.
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