Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

"Meet a man dying to live"

Nov 8 2002 R 1h 51m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

The strange comedy film of two close brothers; one, Wilbur, who wants to kill himself, and the other, Harbour, who tries to prevent this. When their father dies leaving them his bookstore they meet a woman who makes their lives a bit better yet with a bit more trouble as well.

Plot

The good-hearted Harbour has spent his whole life trying to take care of his motherless and suicidal little brother, Wilbur. The brothers are inseparable. When in their thirties, they lose their father and inherit his second-hand bookshop. One day Alice enters the shop with her little daughter. Alice is a cleaning lady at the nearby hospital and she sells the books that the patients leave behind. The daughter Mary yearns for a home where the books don't always get sold. Harbour falls in love with Alice and soon all four of them are closely intertwined in each other's lives - and perhaps even deaths.

Written by

Lone Scherfig, Anders Thomas Jensen

Directed by

Lone Scherfig

Cast

Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson

Crew

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Production Countries

Sweden, Denmark, France, United Kingdom

Production Companies

Les Films du Losange, Nordisk Film, Scottish Screen, TV 2, The Glasgow Film Fund

Languages

English

Awards

10 wins & 21 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
8,235
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
Metascore
69
Popularity
NA