Waiter (2006)
- Original title
- Ober
- Directed by
- Alex van Warmerdam
- Genre
- black comedy film
- Country
- Netherlands, Belgium
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 50 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film follows Edgar, a waiter who is unhappy with his life. He deals with his frustrations in strange ways while the story takes a darkly humorous look at creativity and fate.
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What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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