Dear Scotland

This week's film is the wonderfully titled Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself. Set in present day Glasgow this 2002 movie is a real European affair, co-produced as it is by Scotland, France, Denmark and Sweden. This international feel stretches to a wonderfully eclectic cast which includes the always brilliant Shirley Henderson, Mads Mikkelsen (seen recently opposite Daniel Craig in Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace) Julia Davis (from nearly every half-decent British comedy of the last 12 years) and singer, and now actress, Lorraine MacIntosh.

It is ostensibly a comedy about suicide, but that description only scratches the surface. It tells the tale of two 30-something brothers who own a run down second-hand bookshop. As can happen with brothers, they are close but do not, or cannot, communicate their feelings to one another. They are played with real pathos and understanding by Jamie Sives and the criminally undervalued Adrian Rawlins (who some may recognise as Harry Potter's faither).