The Living and the Dead

Lord Donald and Lady Nancy reside in the magnificent but run-down Longleigh House with James, their mentally disabled adult son. Nancy has fallen seriously ill and Donald is preparing to sell the house to raise enough money to pay for an operation. He arranges for the family nurse, Mary, to take care of Nancy while he leaves to tend to the sale. However, James wants to prove to his father that he can look after his mother on his own and decides to lock Mary out of the house. It isn't long before James starts mixing his mother's pills and forgetting to take his own medication, and as the stress of looking after his mother increases, so too does the severity of his own condition.

Director

Simon Rumley

Written by

Simon Rumley

Produced by

Carl Schönfeld, Nick O'Hagan, Simon Rumley

Composer

Richard Chester

Cinematographer

Milton Kam

Editor

Benjamin Putland

Makeup FX

Paul Hyett

Studios

Viva Pictures, Spectrum Media Entertainment, Rumleyvision

Origin country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 23m

Language

en

TMDB

6.3/10 (60 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

91% Fresh

IMDb

5.8/10 (2,474 votes)

• NominatedFangoria Chainsaw Award— Best Limited Release Film(2009)