Birthday Girl (2001)
Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
Land: United Kingdom
Alternative Title: Ruleta rusa, A Isca Perfeita, Fiancée à la carte, Birthday Girl - Braut auf Bestellung, Oscura seducción, Birthday girl - unohtumaton yllätys, Syntymäpäivätyttö, Nadia, To koritsi ton genethlion, On-lány, Dziewczyna na urodziny, Da Rússia com Amor, Nevasta la pachet, Ljubav pre svega, Yasgünü kizi
Regisseur: Jez Butterworth
Writer: Jez Butterworth, Tom Butterworth
Production Genre
Produzent: Producer: Diana Phillips, Eric Abraham, Steve Butterworth
Executive Producer: Colin Leventhal, Julie Goldstein, Paul Webster, Rick Schwartz, Sydney Pollack
Firmen: Film4 Productions, HAL Films
Genre: Comedy, Erotic Film, Erotic Thriller, Romantic Comedy, Thriller
Budget: 13.000.000
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Schlüsselwörter
Schlüsselwörter: bank clerk, mail order bride, robbery
Geschichte
John, an unlucky-in-love bank clerk, decides to try his luck with a Russian mail-order bride named Nadia after finding her profile online. Initially, their relationship seems perfect despite the language barrier. However, when Nadia's 'cousins' suddenly arrive from Russia for her birthday, John finds himself drawn into their criminal activities. He realizes that he might have made a mistake in bringing Nadia into his life.
Zusammenfassung
Birthday Girl is a dark romantic comedy directed by Jez Butterworth in 2001. The film follows John, a mild-mannered bank clerk who decides to try internet love connections and mail-order brides after never having been lucky in the game of love. The story takes an unexpected turn when Nadia's 'cousins' arrive from Russia for her birthday, revealing that there might be more to his new bride than meets the eye.
