John May is a man struggling with loneliness who works the Bona Vacantia office at Kennington Town Hall in London, where his main responsibility is locating the next of kin of people found dead in the district with no will and testament.

Still Life is a poignant, quixotic tale of life, love and the afterlife. Meticulous and organized to the point of obsession, John May (Eddie Marsan) is a council worker charged with finding the next of kin of those who have died alone.

Sep 4, 2013 · ‘Still Life’: Film Review. Eddie Marsan sifts through the lives of Londoners who have died alone in Uberto Pasolini's minor-key drama, which also features 'Downton...

But when a new case – an elderly alcoholic in a flat directly opposite his own – hits him harder than usual, he journeys outside London to track down the man's long-abandoned daughter (Joanne...

Still Life is a poignant, quixotic tale of life, love and the afterlife. Meticulous and organized to the point of obsession, John May (Eddie Marsan) is a council worker charged with finding the next of kin of those who have died alone.

Jul 25, 2014 · John May (Eddie Marsan) has to ask his boss, played with unctuous relish by Andrew Buchan, to repeat it. He cannot believe it. Mr May has been with an unnamed London council for 22 years. His job is to make the necessary arrangements for people who die alone in the borough. He takes the work seriously: in fact, it's a vocation.

For over 22 years, life for the unassuming John May (an indelible performance from the extraordinary 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.

Sep 2, 2013 · 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 ...