

On his birthday, a hitman reluctantly takes on the easy task of killing a writer, only to find the job a lot more difficult than expected.
Direction
Van Warmerdam directs himself into glorious patheticness
Writing
Dialogue so dry it needs a glass of water
Acting
Dewispelaere's simmering frustration is chef's kiss

Director
Alex van Warmerdam
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Van Warmerdam famously makes his actors rehearse for months and forbids improvisation—every awkward pause is mathematically precise.
This film cemented the 'van Warmerdam aesthetic': middle-class Dutch people in mundane settings committing or suffering from inexplicable violence.
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