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Being Human is a British film of genre Drama directed by Bill Forsyth released in USA on 6 may 1994 with Robin Williams
Being Human (1994)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 6 may 1994
Length 2h2
Directed by Bill Forsyth
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Films about religion
Rating53%
Being Human is a 1994 British-Japanese comedy-drama film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and starring Robin Williams, John Turturro, Bill Nighy, Vincent D'Onofrio, Robert Carlyle and Theresa Russell. The film portrays the experience of a single human soul, portrayed by Williams, through various incarnations. Williams is the only common actor throughout the stories that span man's history on Earth.
An attempt on director-screenwriter Bill Forsyth's part to depict by visual means the ordinariness of life throughout the ages, Being Human is deliberately slow in its pace in order to emphasize how slow life often is. The structure is one of vignette-like character studies of one man (actually at least four distinct men, all with the same soul) who keeps making the same relationships and mistakes throughout his lifetimes.
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In the first incarnation, which appears to be a caveman, a man's family is taken from him by raiders due to his cowardice and hesitation. Before his wife is taken away, she says, "Don't lose the children!"Actors
Robin Williams
(Hector)
John Turturro
(Lucinnius)
Bill Nighy
(Julian)
Vincent D'Onofrio
(Priest)
Robert Carlyle
(Priest)
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