Harbour and his suicidal brother Wilbur inherit their father's second-hand book shop in Glasgow. Their lives beome entangled with Alice and her daughter Mary after the two women visit the shop. Idealistic young Mary captures Wilbur's disturbed heart and just may help save his life...
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After their father's death, brothers Wilbur [Jamie Sives] and Harbour [Adrian Rawlins] inherit a second-hand bookshop in Glasgow. Wilbur is a melancholy chap who has tried to kill himself many times and his latest in a series of a suicide attempts finds him in hospital where a psychologist called Horst [Mads Mikkelsen] and the head nurse, Moira [Julia Davis], decide what he needs is a girlfriend. It is Harbour however who finds himself a girlfriend first. He falls for Alice [Shirley Henderson], a bashful yet intense woman who works as a cleaner in the hospital and also sells books. The three become very close and their friendship brings out the best in them - Wilbur starts to find some joy in life, Alice feels less shy and Harbour is overspilling with happiness. But there is a dark secret just around the corner.
Danish director Lone Scherfig presents her second Dogme-style film, following her success with ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS. Brothers Wilbur (Jamie Sives) and Harbour (Adrian Rawlins) share a flat in Glasgow and run a small bookshop. Unfortunately, Wilbur suffers from depression and is at the mercy of his often volatile moods. When the two brothers fall for the same woman Alice, they find a ray of hope.
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