Invitation to a Suicide (2004)
- Director(s):
- Loren Marsh
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Invitation to a Suicide
Writer-director Loren Marsh's black comedy Invitation to a Suicide - an official selection at the AFI Fest and HBO Comedy Festival - concerns the plight of Kaz Malek, a witless young man raised in a Polish enclave of Brooklyn. In a (very) misguided attempt to escape from his dead-end life as a baker's son, Kaz slyly lifts $10,000 from a Russian mobster, but is promptly caught. The mobster threatens to kill Kaz's father if he can't come up with the payola. To escape from this plight, Kaz devises a wild yet workable scheme: he'll publicly hang himself and sell tickets for the show, thus raising the money to pay off his creditor but dying in honor instead of living in shame over his father's death. To his utter shock, everyone - his father and the Mafioso included - wholeheartedly applauds the idea. But it remains unclear whether Kaz will follow through and off himself. Marsh pulled influence for the film from such classic films as Harold and Maude and King of Hearts. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 85 mins
Complete Cast of Invitation to a Suicide
- Marcin Gajowczyk - Marcin
- Stephen Aronson - Eva's Father
- Michael Orsino - Brooklyn Kid
- Matthew Sliwinska - Polish Kid
- Zenon Kruszelnicki - Delivery Man
- Nick Raio - Cop #1
- Sebastian Siedlecki - Pavel
- Alex Scott - Manhattan Guy
- Ben Wang - Doctor
- Patty O'Brien - Mourner
- Ray Seiden - Cop #2
- Pablo Schreiber - Kaz Malek
- Marika Dominczyk - Manhattan Woman
- Tobi Kanter - Snuff Film Victim
- Edward Band - Vlad
- Brandon Reilly - Blonde Kid
- Herbert Rogers - Kidney Patient
- Robert Elmes - Bartender
- Edward Szala - Accordion Player
- David Margulies - Roman Malek
- Joseph Urla - Ferfichkin
- Ari Gold - Loren "Ari" Marsh
- Katherine Moennig - Eva
- Stan Carp - Officer Schmidt
- Matthew Rauch - Krysztof
- Director(s):
- Loren Marsh
- Writer(s):
- Loren Marsh
- Producer(s):
- Loren Marsh
- Categories:
- Comedy
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