Movie
Birthday Girl
Overview
John is a mild-mannered banker who has never been lucky in love. Fed up with waiting for the right girl to come along, John takes a chance on a Russian mail-order bride arranged via the Internet, where he is introduced to Nadia. John's fondness for Nadia grows... until the sudden arrival of Nadia's gregarious cousins makes John realize that he's in over his head.
Details
- Release date
- 2001-09-06
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- HAL Films, Film4 Productions
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Nicole Kidman as Nadia / Sophia
- Ben Chaplin as John
- Vincent Cassel as Alexei
- Mathieu Kassovitz as Yuri
- Kate Lynn Evans as Clare
- Stephen Mangan as Bank Manager
- Alexander Armstrong as Robert Mosley
- Sally Phillips as Karen
- Jo McInnes as Waitress
- Ben Miller as Concierge
- Jonathan Aris as D.I. O'Fetiger
- Katya Barton-Chapple as Young Sophia
Crew
- Jez Butterworth - Director
- Tom Butterworth - Writer
- Jez Butterworth - Writer
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