Birthday Girl (2001 film)

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Birthday Girl
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJez Butterworth
Written by
  • Tom Butterworth
  • Jez Butterworth
Produced by
  • Steve Butterworth
  • Diana Phillips
Starring
CinematographyOliver Stapleton
Edited byChristopher Tellefsen
Music byStephen Warbeck
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Miramax Films (United States)
  • FilmFour Distributors (United Kingdom)
Release dates
  • 6 September 2001 (2001-09-06) (Venice)
  • 1 February 2002 (2002-02-01) (United States)
  • 28 June 2002 (2002-06-28) (United Kingdom)
Running time
93 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States[1]
Languages
  • English
  • Russian
Budget$13 million[2]
Box office$16.2 million[3]

Birthday Girl is a 2001 erotic comedy thriller film directed by Jez Butterworth. The plot focuses on English bank clerk John Buckingham, who orders a Russian mail-order bride, Nadia. It becomes clear upon her arrival that Nadia cannot speak English, and early into her stay, two mysterious men come to the house claiming to be her cousin and cousin's friend. The film features Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin, Mathieu Kassovitz, and Vincent Cassel. English and Russian are spoken interchangeably in the film.

  1. ^ "Birthday Girl (2002)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Birthday Girl (2002)". The Numbers. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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