Invitation to a Suicide

Invitation to a Suicide

A Once In His Lifetime Event

2005 · 85 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy

Raised in an insular Polish immigrant neighborhood in Brooklyn where he's destined to become a poor baker like his father, Kaz Malek attempts to steal from a Russian mobster and run away with the girl of his dreams, Eva. Not cut out for a life of crime, he ends up with a $10,000 debt to the mobster who threatens to kill his father. Unable to pay or face his father's death, Kaz comes up with a novel plan: he'll hang himself and sell tickets to the show. He is surprised to find, however, that the mobster as well as the neighborhood are extremely supportive of this idea... not to mention his father. But even if he can sell the tickets will he really go through with it? By the time this dark comedy reaches its surprising conclusion, Kaz learns that sometimes embracing death is the only way to a better life.

Directed by Loren David Marsh · Written by Loren David Marsh

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Pablo Schreiber Kaz Malek
Kate Moennig Eva
Joe Urla Ferfichkin
Matthew Rauch Krysztof
David Margulies Roman Malek
Marcin Gajowczyk Marcin
Tobi Kanter Snuff Film Victim
Stephen Aronson Eva's Father
Edward Band Vlad
Stan Carp Officer Schmidt
Patty O'Brien Mourner
Alexander Robert Scott Manhattan Guy

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