On his birthday, a hitman reluctantly takes on the easy task of killing a writer, only to find the job a lot more difficult than expected.
Direction
Van Warmerdam directs himself into glorious patheticness
Writing
Dialogue so dry it needs a glass of water
Acting
Dewispelaere's simmering frustration is chef's kiss
Director
Alex van Warmerdam
Tom Dewispelaere
Schneider
Maria Kraakman
Francisca
Alex van Warmerdam
Ramon Bax
Pierre Bokma
Bolek
Annet Malherbe
Gina
Gene Bervoets
Mertens
Loes Haverkort
Lucy
Eva van de Wijdeven
Nadine
Henri Garcin
Gerard
Mike Reus
Supervisor
Bart Harder
Jules
Ali Zijlstra
Loetje
Rosa Bakker
Youngest Daughter
Fay Bakker
Oldest Daughter
Ashleigh van der Hoven
Blind boy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Van Warmerdam famously makes his actors rehearse for months and forbids improvisation—every awkward pause is mathematically precise.
This film cemented the 'van Warmerdam aesthetic': middle-class Dutch people in mundane settings committing or suffering from inexplicable violence.
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