The Dinner
Two brothers and their wives have dinner in a fancy restaurant to discuss their teenage children's misdeeds. An excoriating assessment of Europe’s contemporary social ills.
Two brothers and their wives have dinner in a fancy restaurant to discuss their teenage children's misdeeds. An excoriating assessment of Europe’s contemporary social ills.
Thekla Reuten
Claire
Daan Schuurmans
Serge
Kim van Kooten
Babette
Jacob Derwig
Paul
Reinout Bussemaker
Rector
Gusta Geleijnse
Dakloze
Wil van der Meer
Tonio
Jonas Smulders
Michel
Sabine Soetanto
Two brothers and their wives have dinner in a fancy restaurant to discuss their teenage children's misdeeds. An excoriating assessment of Europe’s contemporary social ills.
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