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“125 people in the UK and Ireland will commit suicide this week.” This is the first thing you see on the screen when watching the film I Made This for You<\/em> by Cristian Solimeno, which tackles the heartbreaking subject of one man’s suicide attempt and depression. More talked about than ever, but still a somewhat touchy. Yet after 117 minutes, you will still find, that what you have just watched was a feel-good movie. Find out why in this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We see a man in black and white. His surrounding space has lost all colour, all sound is gone, he sits in absolute silence. His friends and family have been reaching out for weeks, but he’s ignored all calls and texts. His eyes are empty, but they contain a sense of resignation. His phone buzzes – it’s his friend David, who is yet again trying to get a hold of him. No reaction. The doorbell rings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s David. But the man doesn’t want to see anybody. Suddenly there’s a noise: David slips a DVD under the door, which reads: “I Made This For You, Please Watch It”. And so he does. The screen lights up in color, as the man still sits in his duo-tone existence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The DVD shows interviews and video messages by friends, relatives and exes about this man, recorded by his friend David. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They show them recalling the first time they’d met the man, all the fun they had, how they appreciate his ideas and his being. How he supported him through their though and dark times. How they saw him from their perspective. And the time, they first noticed something seemed to change – he became more distant, isolated himself and seemed to become another version of himself, they had previously not seen before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We watch the man lighten up when being confronted with fun memories and kind words about him. Other interviews are brutally honest about his downsides and how a person found it difficult to form an honest connection with him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His ex is still puzzled, as to why it didn’t work out between them when they used to be so happy together. It’s a rollercoaster ride for the man, and we’re in it, too. During the duration of this film, he is on the road to realizing, that despite his best efforts to shut himself off from the world, the people in his life, still truly care about him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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