Paul is a train driver who accidentally runs over 2 people on the tracks. Although mentally scarred by the experience, he is told by two colleagues that if he manages to run over one more person in under a month he will earn ten years' salary and can stop working. As Paul is off work for the next week he has to find someone who is prepared to die under his train by the following Monday, and that is when he bumps into Tommy, a man who is desperate to die. Discussing this with Tommy, he agrees, and sets about spending his last weekend alive sorting out his dis-functional relationship with his family.
I was surprised by this film. It's a strange and uncomfortable topic to present in a 'comedy' but it somehow works, and actually I found it rather poignant.
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