Waiter (film)
| Waiter | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Alex van Warmerdam |
| Produced by | Marc van Warmerdam |
| Written by | Alex van Warmerdam |
| Starring |
Alex van Warmerdam Ariane Schluter Mark Rietman Thekla Reuten Line Van Wambeke |
| Music by | Vincent van Warmerdam |
| Cinematography | Tom Erisman |
| Edited by | Ewin Ryckaert |
| Distributed by | A-Film |
Release dates | |
Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Netherlands, Belgium |
| Language | Dutch, English |
Waiter (Dutch: Ober) is a 2006 black comedy film by Alex van Warmerdam. It tells the story of Edgar, a discontented waiter. The film had its world premiere on the Toronto Film Festival on 10 September 2006. It was the opening film of the Netherlands Film Festival, where Waiter received two Golden Calves, for Best Scenario and Best Production Design. In January 2007 the film received a Golden Film for the first 100,000 visitors.
Plot
Waiter tells the story of Edgar (Alex van Warmerdam), a waiter with a flair for the unfortunate. His wife is sick, his girlfriend Victoria (Ariane Schluter) is overly possessive, customers at work constantly bully him and his neighbours make his life impossible.
Fed up with the way his life is going, Edgar goes to the house of Herman (Mark Rietman), the scriptwriter who invented Edgar and is currently writing his story. Edgar complains about the events in his life that keep getting worse and begs for some positive events in his life, including a decent girlfriend. Herman decides to create Stella (Line Van Wambeke), but soon Edgar realises that Stella will only complicate his life more. Meanwhile Herman is pestered by his pushy girlfriend Suzie (Thekla Reuten), who constantly tries to change the script. Driven to insanity by Edgar and Suzie constantly trying to interfere with his story, Herman decides to make the story more extreme and violent...
Awards
- Golden Calf for Best Script (2006)[3]
- Golden Calf for Best Production Design (2006)[3]
- Golden Film (2007)
References
- ↑ Film description: Waiter. Retrieved on 8 October 2006.
- ↑ (Dutch) Ober openingsfilm NFF, Cinema.nl, 2006. Retrieved on 22 December 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 (Dutch) Winnaars Gouden Kalveren 2006, Netherlands Film Festival, 2006. Retrieved on 8 October 2006.
External links
- Ober at the Internet Movie Database
| ||||||