Summaries

A film set in a strange afterlife way station that has been reserved for people who have committed suicide.

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.—<[email protected]>

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.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Details

Keywords
  • hitchhiker
  • road trip
  • suicide
  • gay brother
  • afterlife
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Fantasy
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Nov 1, 2007
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States United Kingdom
Language English Russian
Filming locations Palmdale, California, USA
Production companies No Matter Pictures Crispy Films Adam Sherman

Box office

Budget $1000000
Gross US & Canada $446165
Opening weekend US & Canada $42808
Gross worldwide $454026

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 28m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.78 : 1

Synopsis

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