Oysters at Nam Kee's (2002)

A young dropout falls in love with a nightclub dancer...

Director:

Pollo de Pimentel

Writers:

Hans de Wolf, Kees van Beijnum (novel)

Stars:

Egbert Jan Weeber, Katja Schuurman, Johnny de Mol

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Egbert Jan Weeber	...	Berry
Katja Schuurman	...	Thera
Johnny de Mol	...	Otto
Edwin Jonker	...	De Laatste Mode
Mohammed Chaara	...	Jamal
Guusje Eybers	...	Moeder van Berry
Hans Dagelet	...	Vader van Berry
Joost Claes	...	Rein, broer van Berry
Sabri Saad El-Hamus	...	Driss (as Sabri Saad el hamus)
Nazmiye Oral	...	Arzu
Stefan Jürgens	...	Ben
Laurie Reijs	...	Mirjam
Judy Doorman	...	Moeder Thera
Cees Geel	...	Kapper
Touriya Haoud	...	Marokkaans meisje 1

Storyline

Berry is a nice teenage boy from a Dutch suburban villa family, who alas abuses the excessive liberty granted by his mostly absent pa, an actor, committing truancy from his elite school in bad down-town company. Despite this dwindling future perspectives, his cute and cocky appearance makes him quite a lady-killer; Berry counts himself quite lucky to become the instantly intimate boyfriend of crazy Thera, a junkie who stopped modeling professionally or anything else productive. The pair engages in a passionate affair, and impulsively decides to embark on a 'world tour' to their arbitrary favorite destinations -Barcelona, Denver and Tonga- which they finance by cashing rent and warrants from many interested persons for the fine residence of an old lady Thera was in fact just house-sitting. After Berry says goodbye indefinitely to his well-groomed and -behaved elder brother Rein while showering together, the 'elopers' start spending the ill-gotten funds like water in a luxury hotel, but...

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Plot Keywords:

older woman younger man sex | love | nightclub | hotel | bare chested male | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The Playboy magazine featuring Thera was the real October edition of 2002 featuring Katja Schuurman. She had until then always rejected every offer to appear nude in the magazine, and only agreed to do so as her character Thera from the movie.

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Goofs

When Driss is talking to the guys in the snack bar, asking them to phone all their friends, you can see the lights of the slot machine behind Berry completely off (as if the slot machine is turned off), then all flashing as if someone playing the machine. This happens a number of times between shots.

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Connections

References Natural Born Killers (1994)

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Soundtracks

Vanavond om kwart over zes ben ik weg
Music written by Tom Erich
Performed by Willeke Alberti

User Reviews

The good parts of the book are not in the film

I've read the book first. Oesters is a fine novel, where the main character tell about the love of his life. Bit by bit you learn about the terrible things that he did. Bit by bit you got to know who he victim is. The sequences in prison. The last page where he stares out of the prison-window. They left it all out of the movie. Why? Now is it just another coming of age movie like Mad Love, Ik ook van Jou, Betty Blue etc. And not a good one aswell. 7/10, because the cast was very good, pity they had not a better script.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Netherlands] (Dutch) UIP [Netherlands]

Country:

Netherlands Germany

Language:

Dutch English French

Release Date:

5 September 2002 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

Oysters at Nam Kee's

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$919,629

Company Credits

Production Co:

Egmond Film & Television, Neue Impuls Film, Verenigde Arbeiders Radio Amateurs (VARA)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Color:

Color