Oysters at Nam Kee's

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Oysters at Nam Kee's
Oesters van Nam Kee Poster.png
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPollo de Pimentel
Screenplay by Hans de Wolf
Based onDe oesters van Nam Kee
by Kees van Beijnum
Produced by Hans de Weers
Hans de Wolf
Starring Katja Schuurman
Egbert Jan Weeber
CinematographyDanny Elsen
Edited byPeter Alderliesten
Production
companies
Egmond Film and Television
VARA
Distributed by United International Pictures
Release date
  • September 5, 2002 (2002-09-05)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch
Budget€ 2,2 million
Nam Kee at the Zeedijk in Amsterdam Nam Kee - Zeedijk - Amsterdam.jpg
Nam Kee at the Zeedijk in Amsterdam

Oysters at Nam Kee's (Dutch : Oesters van Nam Kee) is a 2002 Dutch drama film, directed by Pollo de Pimentel, starring Katja Schuurman and Egbert Jan Weeber. [1]

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The film received a Golden Film (75,000 visitors) in 2002.

Plot

Berry (Egbert Jan Weeber) is a boy who plays fast and loose and likes to hang around with his friends. One day he meets Thera (Katja Schuurman), a girl who's a little bit older, and she turns his head around. They start a romance culminating in a meetup at Nam Kee, a Chinese restaurant in Amsterdam where they have oysters for dinner. Suddenly Thera disappears and Berry becomes crazy of the silence and his unrequited love.

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References

  1. Young, Deborah (2002-10-11). "Oysters at Nam Kee's". Variety. Retrieved 2024-02-14.