The Suicide Shop

Sep 26, 2012

1h 19m

★ 6.3

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Overview

In a cold French city where suicide is a common urge, there is a colorful shop, managed for many years by the Tuvache family, where it is very easy to obtain the necessary tools to satisfy the sinister desires of so many depressed citizens.

Genres

Comedy

Animation

Music

Production Companies

ARP Sélection

Caramel Films

Diabolo Films

La Petite Reine

France 3 Cinéma

Entre Chien et Loup

RTBF

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Cast

Mishima Tuvache (voice)

Bernard Alane

Lucrèce Tuvache (voice)

Isabelle Spade

Alan Tuvache (voice)

Kacey Mottet Klein

Marilyn Tuvache (voice)

Isabelle Giami

Vincent Tuvache (voice)

Laurent Gendron

Handsome Boy (voice)

Pierre-François Martin-Laval

Psychiatrist / Homeless Man (voice)

Eric Métayer

Mr. Calmel / Mr. Dead for Two (voice)

Jacques Mathou

Gynaecologist / Neurasthenic Man (voice)

Urbain Cancelier

Uncle Dom / P. E. Teacher (voice)

Pascal Parmentier

Alan's Friend #1 (voice)

Mathis Lakehal

Alan's Friend #2 (voice)

Jules Poisson

Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.

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