“A naïve employee at a Chinese restaurant is mistaken for being Asian, even though he considers himself just a white Dutch guy. A comic thriller about a disorienting search for one’s true identity.”
Mino is an average white Dutch boy. But when a kid mocks him with slanted eyes, and he gets called a fucking Chinese at the restaurant where he works, disbelief and doubt begin to creep in. His parents insist that he’s ‘just Dutch’, like them. After a heated confrontation, Mino undergoes a transformation, and in this graduation film, for the first time he sees what he really looks like. A comic thriller, based on the filmmaker’s own experiences, about racism and the alienating moment of realising your appearance doesn’t match the culture you’ve grown up in your whole life.
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Milan van Helvoort Director · Emanuele Pellegrini Composer Lin Hou Oei Cinematographer
First release September 26, 2025 · Languages Dutch, Korean · Original title De Afhaal
Production
AKV St. Joost Breda
Production
Languages
Original title
De Afhaal
Original language
Dutch
Spoken on screen
Dutch · Korean
Release dates
Netherlands · September 26, 2025
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