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.
| Original title | Wilbur begår selvmord |
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| Danish title | Wilbur begår selvmord |
| Director | Lone Scherfig |
| Screenplay | Lone Scherfig, Anders Thomas Jensen |
| Producer | Sisse Graum Jørgensen |
| Director of Photography | Jørgen Johansson |
| Editor | Gerd Tjur |
| Sound | Rune Palving |
| Composer | Joachim Holbek |
| Production designer | Jette Lehmann |
| Casting | Des Hamilton |
| Appearance | Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson, Lisa McKinley |
| Production country | Denmark, United Kingdom, Sweden, France |
| Domestic distribution | Nordisk Film Biografdistribution |
| International sales | TrustNordisk |
| Technical info | 2956 meter, 35 mm, 2,35:1 Scope, color, Dolby, SRD |
| Danish theatrical release | 08.11.2002 |
| Cinemas | Dagmar, Palads, Palladium, Albertslund Biograferne, Grand, Gladsaxe Bio, BioCity (Tåstrup), Baltoppen Bio 1-2, Gentofte Kino, Empire, Kinopalæet (Lyngby) samt 29 biografer i provinsen |
| DFI subsidy | Konsulentstøtte |
| Danish rating | Allowed for children over the age of 11 |
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| Production company | Zentropa Entertainments7 |
| Domestic distribution | Nordisk Film Biografdistribution |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Lone Scherfig |
| 1st assistant director | Antony Castle |
| 2nd assistant director | Ingrid Kofoed |
| 3rd assistant director | Marissa Carrara |
| Assistant director | Emma Bedford |
| Continuity | Karen Wood |
| Continuity | Birthe Frost |
| Casting | Des Hamilton |
| Casting assistant | Kahleen Crawford |
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Script |
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| Script | Lone Scherfig |
| Script | Anders Thomas Jensen |
| Script consultant | Lars von Trier |
| Script consultant | Ulrik Trojaborg |
| Translation | Jonathan Sydenham |
| Translation | Nicholas Hawtin |
| Storyboard | Karsten Sand Andersen |
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Production |
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| Producer | Sisse Graum Jørgensen |
| Co-producer | Gillian Berrie |
| Executive producer | Peter Aalbæk Jensen |
| Line producer | Karen Bentzon |
| Line producer: Scotland | Sara Harkins |
| Associate producer | Ib Tardini |
| Financial producer | Peter Garde |
| Production coordinator | Angus Pigott |
| Production manager | William Knuttel |
| Producer's assistant | Anna Duffield |
| Producer's assistant | Mette Walter |
| Producer's assistant | Mikkel Bussenius Kastberg |
| Producer's assistant | Morten Bundgaard |
| Production assistant | Jesper Grüner |
| Post-producton coordinator | Anne Katrine Andersen |
| Post-production supervisor | Pia Nielsen |
| Post-production assistant | Mette Høst Hansen |
| Technical advisor | Lars Dela |
| Location manager | Donald MacKinnon |
| Location assistant | Shian Holt |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematography | Jørgen Johansson |
| Camera assistant | Dirk Brüel |
| First assistant camera | John Frimann Rasmussen |
| Clapper/loader | Peter Alsted |
| Key grip | Mark Mavrinac |
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Stills |
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| Stills | Per Arnesen |
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Electrical dept. |
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| Electrical dept. | Niels Dose |
| Best boy | Stine Hein |
| Best boy | Gary Scott Thompson |
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Editing |
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| Editing | Gerd Tjur |
| Assistant editor | Marlene Billie Andreasen |
| Assistant editor | Helle Tang |
| Assistant editor | Karina Butler |
| Assistant editor | Lasse Martinussen |
| Assistant editor | Torben Andersen |
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Music |
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| Music | Joachim Holbek |
| Music supervisor | Anders Valbro |
| Conductor | Allan Wilson |
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Production design |
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| Production design | Jette Lehmann |
| Art director | Mark Leese |
| Set dresser | Tine Hieronymus Nielsen |
| Props | Jon Truelsen |
| Props | Jim Elliot |
| Props | Charlotte Garnov |
| Art department runner | Peter Holmgård |
| Assistant | Gail Wallace |
| Assistant | Rhian Nicholas |
| Models | Hjørdis Toft |
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Wardrobe |
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| Wardrobe | Françoise Nicolet |
| Costume assistant | Anne Matheson |
| Costume assistant | Louise Kjærulff Skjær |
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Makeup |
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| Makeup | Tine Buch |
| Makeup artist assistant | Caroline Hamilton |
| Makeup artist assistant | Agneta von Gegerfelt |
| Makeup artist assistant | Christine Brack |
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Sound |
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| Sound | Rune Palving |
| Boom operator | Alastair Mason |
| Boom operator | Pete Murphy |
| Sound effect editor | Mikkel Groos |
| Foley editor | Asser Borgen |
| Dialogue editor | Kahl Henderson |
| Foley artist | Michael McKinnon |
| ADR recording | Dave Soutar |
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Special effects |
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| SFX | Kristoffer Bentzon |
| SFX | Lars Kolding Andersen |
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Visual effects |
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| VFX supervisor | Peter Hjorth |
| Compositing | Niels Valentin Dal |
| Compositing | Rasmus Lange |
| Title design | Lars Bjørn Hansen |
| Colourist | Peter Diemar |
| Digital film recordist | Thomas Caspersen |
| Color timing | Michael Nielsen |
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Stunt |
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| Stunts | Tracy Caudle |
| Stunts | Hans Peter Ludvigsen |
| Stunt | Neil Finnighan |
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Appearance |
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| Wilbur | Jamie Sives |
| Harbour | Adrian Rawlins |
| Alice | Shirley Henderson |
| Mary | Lisa McKinley |
| Horst | Mads Mikkelsen |
| Moira | Julia Davis |
| Sophie | Susan Vidler |
| Jenny | Coral Preston |
| Wayne | Gordon Brown |
| Ruby | Lorraine McIntosh |
| Sygeplejerske | Anne Marie Timoney |
| Male supervisor | Colin McAllister |
| Taylor | Robert McIntosh |
| Doctor | Andrew Townsley |
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| Music | Year | Composer |
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| Wilbur begår selvmord [Score] | 2002 | Joachim Holbek |
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