Plot from Imdb: "When his girlfriend Desiree breaks up with him, the heartbroken Zia commits suicide cutting his wrists. He awakes in the arid Beyond, a dark place inhabited by suicidal people and worst than the world of the living. He finds a job in the pizzeria Kamikaze, sharing a room with a weird roommate. When Zia meets a former friend, he is informed that Desiree has also committed suicide a couple of months after his death. He befriends the Russian guitarist Eugene, who died electrocuted in a rock concert, and together they decide to seek out Desiree. While driving in a lonely road, they meet the hitchhiker Mikal, who is chasing the People in Charge to clarify that she is not a suicidal, but a victim of OD. In their journey, they befriend Kneller, who owns a camping, and Eugene falls in love for Nanuk."
Very uplifting black comedy, based on a short story by Israeli writer Etgar Keret, that plunges us in a parallel world of the "dead by suicide", where everything is twisted and grey. Everything stands on the shoulders of the actors, all excellent, especially the supporting roles of Eugene (Shea Whigham) and Kneller (Tom Waits).
As an all time Tom Waits fan, it's always nice to see the master at work in another field. The music contains a lot of Gogol Bordello's songs and that's also a winner in my book. The humor is cynical and east-european Jewish like, witch made me at home right away. The beginning of the movie is more an introduction to the "dead world" and riddled with hilarious moment. As the movie goes, the humor tends to blend into more emotional and dramatic feelings, but it's all subtly done.
Great little black comedy to lift us up, in those heavy times.
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