UK / Denmark / Sweden / France,
2002, 105 min
Directed by:
Lone ScherfigCinematography:
Jørgen JohanssonComposer:
Joachim HolbekCast:
Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson, Lisa McKinlay, Mads Mikkelsen, Julia Davis, Susan Vidler, Gordon Brown, Claire Ross-Brown, John Yule (more)Plots(1)
The suicidal Wilbur and his good-hearted big brother Harbour are left with a second-hand bookshop. A shy and intense woman, Alice, enters their lives and they become inseparable. But Harbour carries a deep secret that threatens to surface. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Jamie Sives](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/403/403324_7adcb7.jpg)
Jamie Sives
UK
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Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Rush (2013)
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
![Adrian Rawlins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/218/162218506_6162b0.jpg)
Adrian Rawlins
UK
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
One Life (2023)
![Shirley Henderson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270449_a99b19.jpg)
Shirley Henderson
UK
Best movies:
Trainspotting (1996)
The Way We Live Now (2001) (series)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Lisa McKinlay
Best movies:
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)
![Mads Mikkelsen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/233/166233273_ee93ba.jpg)
Mads Mikkelsen
Denmark
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The Hunt (2012)
The Promised Land (2023)
Riders of Justice (2020)
![Julia Davis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/993/161993651_7553a9.jpg)
Julia Davis
UK
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Love Actually (2003)
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Susan Vidler
UK
Best movies:
Trainspotting (1996)
Naked (1993)
The Woman in White (1997) (TV movie)
Gordon Brown
Best movies:
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)
Taggart (1983) (series)
Hyena (2014)
![Claire Ross-Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/281/159281924_c87194.jpg)
Claire Ross-Brown
UK
Best movies:
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)
The Black Pimpernel (2007)
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John Yule
UK
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Just a Kiss (2004)
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)
On a Clear Day (2005)
Nick Smith
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Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)
Rebus (2000) (series)
Taggart (1983) (series)
Elaine M. Ellis
Best movies:
Dear Frankie (2004)
My Name Is Joe (1998)
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)
Owen Gorman
Best movies:
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)
Rebus (2000) (series)
Taggart (1983) (series)
Des Hamilton
UK
Best movies:
The Line of Beauty (2006) (series)
Perfect Sense (2011)
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)