Seven socio-economically successful women around the age of fifty come together in France for their annual multi-day bike ride.
Acting
Ensemble chemistry so real you'll forget they're not actually friends.
Direction
Van Kilsdonk lets silences scream what polite women swallow.
Director
Nicole van Kilsdonk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Zadelpijn (literally 'saddle pain') became shorthand in Dutch media for female friendship films unafraid of ugliness—rare in 2007 cinema.
The cast improvised entire dinner scenes; van Kilsdonk only gave them emotional prompts, not dialogue. The wine was real.
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