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Waiter (2006)

Waiter (2006), directed by Alex van Warmerdam, starring Alex van Warmerdam and Ariane Schluter.

09/28/2006 BR Comedy and Drama 1h 35m

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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.

  • Tom ErismanCinematography
  • Alex van WarmerdamDirector, Screenplay
  • Ewin RyckaertEditing
  • Guillaume MalandrinProducer

About the film

Waiter (Dutch: Ober) is a 2006 Dutch-Belgian absurdist black comedy film by Alex van Warmerdam. It tells the story of Edgar, a discontented waiter. The film had its world premiere on the Toronto Film Festival on 10 September 2006. It was the opening film of the Netherlands Film Festival, where Waiter received two Golden Calves, for Best Scenario and Best Production Design. In January 2007 the film received a Golden Film. The film is about stagnation of creativity and a take on overbearing of elements in life, it also takes wryly a puck-shot at god and his relation with humans.

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Waiter (Dutch: Ober) is a 2006 Dutch-Belgian absurdist black comedy film by Alex van Warmerdam. It tells the story of Edgar, a discontented waiter. The film had its world premiere on the Toronto Film Festival on 10 September 2006. It was the opening film of the Netherlands Film Festival, where Waiter received two Golden Calves, for Best Scenario and Best Production Design. In January 2007 the film received a Golden Film. The film is about stagnation of creativity and a take on overbearing of elements in life, it also takes wryly a puck-shot at god and his relation with humans.

Plot

Waiter tells the story of Edgar (Alex van Warmerdam), a waiter with a flair for the unfortunate. His sick wife, Ilse (Sylvia Poorta), is overly rude to him. Customers at work constantly bully him and his neighbors make his life impossible. Fed up with the way his life is going, Edgar goes to the house of Herman (Mark Rietman), the scriptwriter who invented Edgar and is currently writing his story. Edgar complains about the events in his life that keep getting worse and begs for some positive events in his life, including a decent girlfriend. Herman decides to create Stella (Line Van Wambeke), but soon Edgar realizes that Stella will only complicate his life more.

Meanwhile, Edgar is pestered by his pushy girlfriend Victoria (Ariane Schluter), who constantly tries to be with him. Driven to insanity by Herman and his obnoxious girlfriend Suzie (Thekla Reuten), Edgar constantly tries to interfere with his story. Herman decides to make the story more extreme and violent and finally ends the story out of desperation with Edgar's death.

Cast

Alex van Warmerdam as Edgar

Ariane Schluter as Victoria

Jakop Ahlbom as Stanley

Mark Rietman as Herman

Thekla Reuten as Suzie

Line Van Wambeke as Stella

Awards

Golden Calf for Best Script (2006)

Golden Calf for Best Production Design (2006)

Golden Film (2007)

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External links

Ober at IMDb

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What is Waiter about?

Waiter: 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.

Who directed Waiter?

Waiter was directed by Alex van Warmerdam in 2006.

Who stars in Waiter?

The cast of Waiter includes Alex van Warmerdam, Ariane Schluter, Jaap Spijkers, Mark Rietman and Thekla Reuten.

How long is Waiter?

Waiter runs for 95 minutes, or 1h35.

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