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Waiter

2006 · 95 min

A dry, deadpan puzzle where reality keeps folding back on itself, leaving you amused, unsettled and slightly complicit in its cruelty.

Directed by: Alex van Warmerdam
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Alex van Warmerdam, Ariane Schluter, Jaap Spijkers

Overview: Edgar works as a waiter in 'Het Westen', a restaurant. He is married and has a lover. His neighbors terrorize him with loud music and garbage. One day after he is mistreated by some customers he is sick of it all and goes to talk to his creator, the scenario writer.

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Directed by: Alex van Warmerdam
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Alex van Warmerdam, Ariane Schluter, Jaap Spijkers

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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
obsession
isolation
madness
betrayal
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	6
Realism	4
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: Alex van Warmerdam
Written by: Alex van Warmerdam
Starring: Alex van Warmerdam, Ariane Schluter, Jaap Spijkers, Mark Rietman, Thekla Reuten, Kees Prins, Pierre Bokma, Lyne Renee
Cinematography: Tom Erisman
Runtime: 95 min
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Languages: Dutch

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