On Borrowed Time

Nan
1h 25m
2011
5.3 /10 (3)

Overview

Auteur filmmaker Paul Cox contemplates his own mortality and his life's work as he wits for a life saving liver transplant.

Country : Australia
Languages : English
Released Date: 2011-11-04

Top Billed Cast

David Wenham

Self / Narrator (voice)

Paul Cox

Self

John Clarke

Self

Werner Herzog

Self

John Hurt

Self

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