Tonino (2002)

Director:

Michiel van Jaarsveld

Writer:

Michiel van Jaarsveld (writer)

Genre:

Drama | Short

Plot:

Tonino is a clumsy waiter whose talent is photography. He gets a shot at showing this, because his boss wants him to spy on the boss' wife. Tonino must provide the photos that prove she is cheating.

Plot Keywords:

Waiter | Photo | Photographer | Adultery

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Ramsey Nasr	...	Tonino
Ton Kas	...	Suède
Maria Kooistra	...	Young Woman
Gian Paolo Pippa	...	Chef Cook

Runtime:

10 min

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Italian | Dutch

Colour:

Colour (bleach bypass)

Company:

Nederlandse Programma Stichting (NPS)

Trivia:

Although a Dutch film, the voice over is in Italian with Dutch subtitles.

well told joke

Tonino is a clumsy Italian waiter working in the Netherlands who wants to be a photographer. He gets a shot at this when his boss, mr. Suède, wants to hire him to bring him the photographic evidence that his wife is cheating on him. The client will find out, however, that art cannot be forced.

Basically, this is one long joke (literally), and it could have been told in five minutes just as easily as in ten. But it is a good joke, and well told. The dialogue is this short's weak point--it grates seriously at times. Ton Kas as mr. Suède makes up for that though. The way he does not dare tell Tonino what his problem is, walks across the room so as to not face the young waiter, then yells at him 'she is hard to satisfy' [sexually], is very funny.