Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)
Country: DK/GB/NOR/FR
Technical: col/scope 109m
Director: Lone Scherfig
Cast: Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson, Lisa McKinlay, Mads Mikkelsen, Julia Davis
Synopsis:
Two brothers inherit a second-hand bookshop in Glasgow. One, upbeat and energetic, meets a single mother and brings his new family back to the shop; the other, stricken with guilt over his mother's death, repeatedly attempts suicide.
Review:
A Scandinavian sensibility lends this blend of comedy and tragedy a deadpan oddity. Its situations may challenge credibility but such is the commitment of the performances that one laughs with impunity while recognising the melancholy at its heart.
Country: DK/GB/NOR/FR
Technical: col/scope 109m
Director: Lone Scherfig
Cast: Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson, Lisa McKinlay, Mads Mikkelsen, Julia Davis
Synopsis:
Two brothers inherit a second-hand bookshop in Glasgow. One, upbeat and energetic, meets a single mother and brings his new family back to the shop; the other, stricken with guilt over his mother's death, repeatedly attempts suicide.
Review:
A Scandinavian sensibility lends this blend of comedy and tragedy a deadpan oddity. Its situations may challenge credibility but such is the commitment of the performances that one laughs with impunity while recognising the melancholy at its heart.
Country: DK/GB/NOR/FR
Technical: col/scope 109m
Director: Lone Scherfig
Cast: Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson, Lisa McKinlay, Mads Mikkelsen, Julia Davis
Synopsis:
Two brothers inherit a second-hand bookshop in Glasgow. One, upbeat and energetic, meets a single mother and brings his new family back to the shop; the other, stricken with guilt over his mother's death, repeatedly attempts suicide.
Review:
A Scandinavian sensibility lends this blend of comedy and tragedy a deadpan oddity. Its situations may challenge credibility but such is the commitment of the performances that one laughs with impunity while recognising the melancholy at its heart.