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Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself is a film of genre Drama directed by Lone Scherfig released in USA on 7 august 2003 with Jamie Sives
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)
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Add to a movie listWilbur Wants to Kill Himself is a Danish-Scottish film from 2002. Harbour and his suicidal brother (Wilbur) inherit their father's second-hand bookshop in their native Glasgow. Their lives become entangled with Alice and her daughter Mary after the two visit the shop. Idealistic young Mary captures Wilbur's heart, and just may help save his life or help him find peace.
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When Wilbur leaves the hospital after having tried once more to kill himself, the staff ask his brother Harbour to let Wilbur move in with him. The brothers thus share their childhood flat, next door to the bookshop their father left them. Uninterested in the family business, Wilbur works in a nursery. Harbour takes care of the shop and meets Alice, a mother who sells him the books she finds when working as a cleaner at the hospital. When she is sacked for always being late at work, she goes to see Harbour to explain why she won't be coming to the bookshop anymore, since she has no books to sell. Following his brother's advice on "grabbing" women, Harbour asks Alice to marry him. The wedding meal takes place in an Asian restaurant and allows Wilbur to get acquainted with Sophie, Alice's ex-colleague from the hospital. The two start flirting, but Wilbur pushes Sophie away after she licks his ear. He goes back home and slits his wrists in the bathtub. Harbour finds his brother just in time and Alice saves Wilbur by using towels to stop the bleeding. While discussing Wilbur with Alice, Harbour ends up telling her his brother feels responsible for their mother's death.Actors
Jamie Sives
(Wilbur)
Adrian Rawlins
(Harbour)
Shirley Henderson
(Alice)
Mads Mikkelsen
(Horst)
Julia Davis
(Moira)
Lorraine McIntosh
(Ruby)
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