My Suicide (2009)

Synopsis: My Suicide is a dark, romantic teen comedy about Archie Williams, an isolated high school geek, who becomes the most popular kid in the school when he announces he's going to kill himself on camera... My Suicide is a dark, romantic teen comedy about Archie Williams, an isolated high school geek, who becomes the most popular kid in the school when he announces he's going to kill himself on camera for his final video class project. As word spreads, Archie's classmates, parents, the most beautiful girl in school, Sierra, and a "Shady Bunch" of teachers, shrinks, doctors, pill-pushers and counselors bombard him - some hoping to save him, some wanting to imitate him, others trying to push him over the edge.

Archie films it all, pointing his incisive camera at the realities of life, death, violence, sex, money, drugs, music and the intense media overload and the shallow hypocrisy bombarding teenagers today. Like a young Howard Beale (Network), Archie rants with comic accuracy, interweaving documentary footage with his narrative, graphically revealing what teens love and hate, do for kicks, and secretly hide within their souls.

Archie is subjected to systematic testing, counseling, labeling, and religious bombardment, all of which he faithfully comments on with his sardonic wit and media wizardry. Is Archie truly suicidal? Or is he like Harold in Harold & Maude, merely fascinated with death, seeking attention, and searching for some higher reality and love?

Then there's the untouchable Sierra, the most popular girl in school. Sierra represents everything Archie hates: Beauty is Truth; obsession with grades, looks and success. Sierra is drawn to Archie, not because he's suddenly popular, but because she is hiding... living a dark secret. --© Official Site [More]

Starring: Jolene Adams, Rebecca Adams, Nora Dunn, Mariel Hemingway

Starring: Jolene Adams, Rebecca Adams, Nora Dunn, Mariel Hemingway, Joe Mantegna

Director: David Lee Miller

Director: David Lee Miller
Screenwriter: David Lee Miller, Eric J. Adams

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