although wilbur want to kill himself be an honest and unflinching look at death and suicide and it manage to evoke overwhelming feeling of compassion and tenderness . lone scherfig and the director and have craft a move characterization of how individual respond to the loss of love . wilbur and play by jamie sif and be despondent over the the death of his parent and and he have make numerous attempt at suicide to end his pain . he and his old brother manage the family business and a ramshackle use bookstore . and and when his brother become romantically involve with a woman and it seem wilbur have inadvertently stumble upon a reason to live . at first and it seem that he be animate by his brother good fortune and but soon he find himself romantically draw to and alice and his brother lover and wife to be . shirley henderson be resplendent a alice . she authentically express an irresistible yet forbidden attraction to wilbur and while simultaneously display deep affection for harbour and wilbur brother . a the narrative becomes even more tangled and yet never contrive and we be draw to the true heart of the film lone scherfig deft and love examination of the character interaction . and throughout all of the gloom and melancholy and the film always manage a light and almost playful tone . do not let the downbeat subject of this film put you off and wilbur want to kill himself be truly a heartwarming experience .