Here is a summary of the synopsis with a few potential additions.
Our main male character wakes up before his alarm clock on a Monday morning, looking annoyed he turns it off, after receiving some abuse from his wife lying next to him. They have a petty argument which is fueled by her constant nagging/talking. Then a montage is shown of him getting ready for work (focusing on him putting on his tie), eating breakfast and more arguing with his wife. He leaves abruptly and catches his bus to work (listening to classical music on an old portable CD player).
He arrives at work. Looking very bored he carries out routine tedious tasks repeatedly throughout his shift. Potential argument with boss? Trying to relieve his boredom. He leaves for his bus and is seen walking down the path to his house.
When he enters his house his wife is waiting for him. He heats his dinner in the microwave, watching it in a daze. His wife tells him she is pregnant and he reacts quite numb to this. He flips out when alone, (smashing something?). They are both seen in the living room watching TV, sat very apart occasionally glaring at each other. His wife goes to bed and he shortly follows. Whilst asleep he dreams of his wife with another man, leading him to think he isn't the baby's father. This is the breaking point for our main character. He wakes and strangles his wife to death with his tie.
The next morning he cheerfully awakes, opening the curtains with a smile, kissing his dead wife on the forehead and bringing her breakfast in bed? He goes to work where he repeats the same tasks but in a happier manner and with enthusiasm. On a toilet break he is seen fixing his tie and gazing at himself in the mirror. He goes home.
Montage of him caring for his pregnant wife. Acting as if she were alive. He talks to her about his day.
The next day in work he talks to 2 of his colleagues (3 character scene), they ask about his wife and he seems uncomfortable. He invites them round for dinner that night. They are seen entering his house.
The next morning as the main character heads downstairs the 2 colleagues are subtlety seen in the living room dead, with his wife.
2 weeks later (shown by a flip calender), 1 or 2 police officers knock at his door to inquire about a missing person (1 of his dead colleagues). He acts oblivious and concerned about his colleagues absence and tells them he hasn't heard/seen from him.
The day after he approaches his boss at his car after a days work, inviting him for a beer at the local pub, his boss acts awkward saying he doesn't know and then that he already has plans for the evening.
In the next shot the main character is seen driving his boss's car, turning and talking away to his boss who is seen propped up by a seatbelt in the passenger seat, dead.
In the final scene the police are seen knocking at his door, classical music blaring from the property, a tracking shot then leads into the house and through to the living room where numerous dead bodies are seen in a party environment (party hats/food/etc), and the main character is seen dancing with his dead wife. As the music track changes he hears the knocking at the door. "Brilliant...more guests" he mutters and slips off his tie as he heads towards the front door.
End.
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