Overview

Wilhelm Wilder (Will) is a talented actor stuck on a New York City children's TV show where he portrays Bad Luck Bunny, a hapless green rabbit. Feeling a failure, he bears his fate with touching self-irony, but grows sulky and petulant when he thinks that his wife, daughter and all his friends have forgotten his 40th birthday. In the confusion following a road accident, all the world believes he is dead. Instead of rectifying the situation, he decides to fulfill a fantasy and attend his own funeral. Here he will learn what everyone really thinks of him. With the aid of his best friend Rad, an Indian restaurant-owner, Will becomes Vijay Singh, a handsome and gentlemanly Sikh, complete with turban and beard. Will confronts a unique problem: everyone likes Vijay, and most of all, he likes Vijay, more than he ever liked himself.

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Cast

Moritz Bleibtreu

Will / Vijay

Patricia Arquette

Julia

Danny Pudi

Rad

Michael Imperioli

Micky

Jeannie Berlin

Mrs. Korokowski

Moni Moshonov

Mr. Korokowski

Hanna Schygulla

Will's Mother

Michael Gwisdek

Will's Father

Catherine Missal

Lily

Nadine Petry

Mimi

Erin Dilly

Mistress

George Akram

Puerto Rican Waiter