What I Watched -- The Suicide Shop

It's SLIFF time again!  (Actually, it's over now -- sorry for not alerting you sooner.)  I only had time for a couple of films this year, but a couple is better than none.

The Suicide Shop (trailer) is a satirical, ironic, feature-length animated film about the misery of the French.  Parisians specially, but the French more generally.  Everyone is miserable, the city is gray and drizzly, and the only place any of them find any happiness is at Le Magasin de Suicides, The Suicide Shop.  There, patrons can find all manner of tools and tips for ending their miserable lives. 

That all changes when the couple that runs the shop has their third child, and happy, bouncy baby boy.

Bottom line: The strange contrast between the dark subject, the animation, and the energetic musical numbers made this movie a bit of a mind-bender, but an enjoyable one.