A downtrodden waiter decides to take up matters with the screenwriter determined to make him suffer.
Edgar is a waiter in a mediocre restaurant, where clients and even his mistress prove abusive, while his sick wife and criminal neighbors are no better. How bad it gets is a matter of discussion between Edgar, script-writer Herman, his meddling girl-friend Suzie and various other characters, who regularly complain to Herman, who thus repeatedly changes the script... yet never to everyone's satisfaction, least of all his own.—KGF Vissers
Waiter Also known as: OberAn oddity in the Dutch film landscape - were deadpan, subtleness and, in Ober's case,narrative acrobatics are not exactly part and parcel of home-grown comedies - VanWarmerdam has nevertheless gathered a loyal following who will be delighted to seethe director is up to his usual tricks after his coolly received 2003 outing Grimm.
Additional DetailsAlso Known As:Waiter (Canada: English title) (festival title)
