The Surprise is a 2015 romantic comedy directed by Mick Van Diem and starring Jerroan Van Corningsberg and Georgina Wuban. The plot depicts Jacob, an eccentric rich man with emotional disabilities, who, after dealing with his mother's affairs and the property under his name, resolves to sign a contract with an accident manufacturing company packaged as a "travel agency" and becomes a "traveler" who takes the initiative to die.
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Can a person decide his own death? Jacob, who has almost no mood swings, even if he sits in a gorgeous manor, pulls a wind car, and a loyal servant, can play around and eat a lot, but his father is missing, he loses his smile, has no temper, only maintains a basic daily life, maintains gentlemanly demeanor and interacts with people, like a breathing stone, life is really boring, because of his special status, Jacob can not easily commit suicide.
God let Jacob discover the accident manufacturing company, the company's interesting setting is that you can choose the coffin, the way to die, the last person to accompany you, you can also choose the "surprise" plan, I don't know when and how to go to the end. Jacob happens to meet Anne while choosing a coffin, and the two despite the stipulation that travelers cannot communicate privately, they even compose a romantic love song.
Jacob, who is bent on death, meets the funny and charming Annie, the two eat, dance, and the interaction with the average couple is no different, especially the theme song of the classic movie "Woman Fragrance" appears, evoking the audience's memories of Al Pacino, and the interaction between the male and female protagonists is also humorous and sometimes passionate with the music, and gradually cultivates tacit understanding and affection.
Losing something, buying a new one is easy, if you lose your heart, how to fill the bottomless deep hole? Losing the ability to feel, no longer being able to experience emotions and feelings, is one of the tragic situations in life. The sudden love that came upon jacob made Jacob understand anger, learn to struggle, and empathize with the bereavement of a butler. Jacob enjoyed the love of ordinary men and women, saw some people, realized some things, and most importantly, he had the meaning of living.
The director deals with serious subjects with black humor, and Europeans never hide their views on death, and face life with a relaxed attitude, the key is not the opposition of those around them, the pressure of family affection, but the free will of individuals.