Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

Synopsis

After their father's death, brothers Wilbur (Jamie Sives) and Harbour (Adrian Rawlins) inherit a second-hand bookshop in Glasgow. Wilbur is a melancholy chap who has tried to kill himself many times and his latest in a series of a suicide attempts finds him in hospital where a psychologist called Horst [Mads Mikkelsen] and the head nurse, Moira (Julia Davis), decide what he needs is a girlfriend. It is Harbour however who finds himself a girlfriend first. He falls for Alice (Shirley Henderson), a bashful yet intense woman who works as a cleaner in the hospital and also sells books. The three become very close and their friendship brings out the best in them - Wilbur starts to find some joy in life, Alice feels less shy and Harbour is overspilling with happiness. But there is a dark secret just around the corner.

Snabbfakta

År

2002

Genre

Komedi, Drama, Romantik

Språk

Engelska

Provider

Apple TV, Prime Video

IMDb betyg

6.8