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A downtrodden waiter decides to take up matters with the screenwriter determined to make him suffer.A downtrodden waiter decides to take up matters with the screenwriter determined to make him suffer.A downtrodden waiter decides to take up matters with the screenwriter determined to make him suffer.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 7 nominations
Lyne Renée
- Stella
- (as Line Van Wambeke)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaLyne Renée's debut.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Allemaal film: Tussen kunst en kassa (2007)
- SoundtracksGuitar A La Carte
Written by Vincent van Warmerdam
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A black comedy like no other
Edgar is a waiter in a mediocre restaurant. I could go on, talking about his bedridden wife, his lover, her overprotective brother. But to do so would be to miss the point of this sublime exercise of the writer's art. Ober was my introduction to the films of Alex van Warmerdam and is still my favourite of the many wonderful movies he has produced. On one level it's a black comedy, on another it's an exercise in surrealism, on another level it's an existential movie that asks "What would your life be like if you could talk to your creator". And, on every level, it is completely hilarious. I totally disagree with the reviewer who complains about it being subtitled. I don't speak a lot of Dutch so perhaps that makes a difference, but the actors speaking their native tongue produce an energy in the dialog that is completely lost in dubbed movies, IMO. I cannot praise this film enough. It made me laugh like a loon, it made me cry, it made me think, and I kept thinking about it long after it had finished. That makes it a work of art, in my book.
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- Gross worldwide
- $860,741
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