Wristcutters: A Love Story
- Director: Goran Dukic
- Writer: Goran Dukic; Etgar Keret
- Producer: Charles Arthur Berg; Chris Coen
CGiii Comment
Thoughtful and inexpensive.
Everyone involved in this film should pat themselves on the back - a job (very) well done.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Despondent over his breakup with Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists and goes to an afterlife peopled by suicides, a high-desert landscape dotted by old tires, burned-out cars, and abandoned sofas. He gets a job in a pizza joint. By chance, Zia learns that Desiree offed herself a few months after he did, and she's looking for him. He sets off with Eugene (an electrocuted Russian rocker) to find her, and they pick up a hitchhiker, Mikal, who's looking for the People in Charge, believing she's there by mistake. They're soon at the camp of Kneller, where casual miracles proliferate. They hear rumors of a miraculous king. Can Zia find Desiree? Then what? Where there's death there's hope.
Cast & Characters
Patrick Fugit as Zia;
Abraham Benrubi as Erik;
Shannyn Sossamon as Mikal;
Shea Whigham as Eugene;
Leslie Bibb as Desiree;
Mark Boone Junior as Mike;
Cameron Bowen as Kostya;
Mikal P. Lazarev as Nanuk;
Clayne Crawford as Jim;
Tom Waits as Kneller;
Chase Ellison as Kid Kostya;
John Hawkes as Yan;
Will Arnett as Messiah;
Adam G. as Gas Station Attendant;
Mary Pat Gleason as Eugene's Mother