| Waiter | |
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Poster_Waiter.jpg) Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Alex van Warmerdam |
| Written by | Alex van Warmerdam |
| Produced by | Marc van Warmerdam |
| Starring | Alex van Warmerdam Ariane Schluter Mark Rietman Thekla Reuten Line Van Wambeke |
| Cinematography | Tom Erisman |
| Edited by | Ewin Ryckaert |
| Music by | Vincent van Warmerdam |
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| Distributed by | A-Film Distribution |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Countries | Netherlands Belgium |
| Languages | Dutch English |
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.
- ^ Film description: Waiter. Retrieved on 8 October 2006.
- ^ (in Dutch) Ober openingsfilm NFF, Cinema.nl, 2006. Retrieved on 22 December 2014.