A lonely middle-aged woman dines alone in a Chinese restaurant on her birthday. She pays close attention to the other patrons, imagining their relationships and personal situations. She remembers her past lovers and child, and broods on her bitter sense of loss and loneliness. In an unthinking moment, she announces to the waitress that it is her birthday, and the entire social dynamic in the restaurant is altered. An intensely moving, bittersweet and realistic look at emotional loss and disconnection.
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Cast
16 people
Celia Nufaar
Aagt
Also in
Drawn Out Love
The Zigzag Kid
Eveline Wu
Chinese Daughter
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Jacky
Nucheng Lu
Chinese Mother
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Vincent van de Akker
Man
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Natalia Kovaleva
Woman
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Merel van Gaalen
Mother
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Heike Hummelinck
Son
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Nico Reuvenkamp
Father
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Marjolein Ernst
Iceskating Club
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David Goddyn
Iceskating Club
Also in
2012 Het jaar nul
Moos
Marcel Romeijn
Iceskating Club
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Doodstil
Berlin Junction
Isis Frasdonk
Iceskating Club
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Sytske Kok Director · Rosan Dieho-Hamme Screenplay David van der Heijden Composer
First release September 28, 2002
Languages
Original language
Dutch
Spoken on screen
Dutch
Release dates
Netherlands · September 28, 2002
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No release date listed for United States.
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