Athens International Film Festival
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Waiter

Edgar is furious. The customers at the restaurant where he works treat him like dirt, his unbearable neighbors shatter any semblance of peace and quiet, his wife is bed-ridden and his mistress is way too possessive. Fed up, he knocks on Herman’s door, the screenwriter who defines the developments of his everyday life, and asks for some leniency.

Edgar is furious. The customers at the restaurant where he works treat him like dirt, his unbearable neighbors shatter any semblance of peace and quiet, his wife is bed-ridden and his mistress is way too possessive. Fed up, he knocks on Herman’s door, the screenwriter who defines the developments of his everyday life, and asks for some leniency.

"Waiter" naturally inhabits the space where reality becomes stranger than fiction, brimming with hilarious gags and deliriously funny scenes, all of them revolving around a leading man patiently enduring the obsessive compulsive behavior of the screenwriter, who spends his time devising new and interesting ways to torture him.

Although the film focuses on the suffering of this rather unfortunate waiter, Alex van Warmerdam masterfully uses this plot devise to turn the spotlight on the futile pursuit of creativity with self-sarcasm to spare. K.Th.

Εναλλακτικοί τίτλοι / Alternative titles: Waiter / Ober

Σκηνοθεσία / Director: Alex van Warmerdam

Σενάριο / Screenwriter: Alex van Warmerdam

Φωτογραφία / DoP: Tom Erisman

Μουσική / Music: Vincent van Warmerdam

Μοντάζ / Editor: Ewin Ryckaert

Ηθοποιοί / Principal Cast: Alex van Warmerdam, Ariane Schluter, Mark Rietman, Thekla Reuten, Lynn Renée, Pierre Bokma

Ολλανδία / Netherlands
2006
Εγχρωμο / Color
97’
Ολλανδικά / Dutch

* Screens on 21st September and 22nd September



    Publication date: 2013-09-11 12:30:00

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