Three wacky sisters try to save their inheritance from their supposedly gay brother, who suddenly appears with a fiancé in tow. If he gets married, their father's will stipulates that he gets the family hotel in Portugal. So the sisters put aside their personal differences and set out to stop the wedding at all costs.
Acting
Reijn, Hendrickx, and Poorta commit fully to sisterly sabotage.
Production
Sun-drenched Portuguese hotel practically its own character.
Director
Paula van der Oest
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dutch cinema's rare mainstream comedy export; van der Oest was only the second Dutch woman director to secure wide international distribution.
The film's Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2003 remains baffling to critics—proof Academy voters love messy Europeans in swimsuits.
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