Phileine Says Sorry
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| Directed by | Robert Jan Westdijk |
| Produced by | Jeroen Beker |
| Written by |
Ronald Giphart (novel) Robert Jan Westdijk |
| Starring |
Kim van Kooten Michiel Huisman |
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95 min. |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Language | Dutch, English |
| Budget | € 3,200,000 |
Phileine Says Sorry (Dutch: Phileine zegt sorry) is a Dutch/American 2003 comedy-drama film directed by Robert Jan Westdijk. It is based on the novel Phileine zegt sorry by Ronald Giphart.
The story is about Phileine (Kim van Kooten) and her actor boyfriend Max (Michiel Huisman). He goes to New York City to improve his acting skills. Later on, without Max knowing it, Phileine also travels to New York.
On the plane, she meets an American couple: Fabian and Lena, who offer to bring her to the house of Max. Fabian gives his phone number to call him during her stay for a tour. Inside Max's house Phileine meets his friends: the bespectacled Jules, the sick Leonard, the Flemish Gulpje, the terrible Joanna and weatherman LT (Louis Theodore). When Max comes home they of course immediately expanded 'wind and rain making'. That same evening, a welcome party is held, but because of all the new impressions drinks and fatigue Phileine goes to bed early.
In the morning, she finds a note from Max that he had to leave early for rehearsal but that the two of them will have dinner together in the evening. Phileine goes to the living room and meets Gulpje, soon they decide to be best friends and have lunch. After lunch Phileine calls Fabian for a tour. During that tour, Fabian gets a little bit to personal so she reminds him that he has a wife.
Max can’t make it to diner because his rehearsal runs out. Phileine spends that night with the friends of Max. Together with Gulpje she sturs the group around because they both like to joke around at the expense of others.
On day two, Phileine attends the premiere of Romeo and Juliet. The play shows the sexual side of society, so it’s played naked and shows sex and masturbation scenes. Part of the audience is so shocked that after the break they call out their displeasure and leave the theater. Phileine is astonished but remains still in her seat until the end.
At the afterparty she tries to obtain explanations about what had happened on stage. She asks Max and the director Reginald, but both don’t give her an answer. With Max she quarrels but settles the matter later in a pub. The next day she goes with Gulpje to Gulpje her tribe restaurant where the scene from “When Harry Met Sally" was filmed. Phileine and Gulpje get the attention of two men and they invite them to their table. They want to show off their tricks and begin gently with panting and moaning. Initially the men find it funny, but when Phileine and Gulpje start screaming it out the whole thing gets embarrassing and they run out the restaurant.
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