WILBUR (Jamie Sives) is a pessimist who is so disillusioned with life his only thought is how to end it: hanging, paracetemol overdose, slit wrists - everything Wilbur tries comes to nought and, invariably, his long-suffering brother Harbour (Adrian Rawlins) arrives just in the nick of time to save the day.
After his latest botched attempt at suicide, Wilbur agrees to move in with Harbour, who thinks that a girlfriend may be all his brother needs to give him some direction.
Wilbur's clinical psychologist (Mads Mikkelsen) and head nurse Moira (Julia Davis) certainly think so, but Wilbur isn't so sure until he meets Harbour's new girl, single mother Alice (Shirley Henderson).
As Wilbur, Harbour, Alice and her daughter Mary (Lisa McKinlay) grow closer, so the undercurrents of sexual tension rise to the surface, with devastating consequences.
Showing at The Harbour Lights, Southampton until Thursday. Box office: 023 8033 5533.
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