

Birthday Girl
2001-09-06 · 93 min · ★ 5.9
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.
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Production details
- Directors
- Jez Butterworth
- Production companies
- HAL Films, Film4 Productions
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 13,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 16,171,098
Top Cast
Nicole KidmanNadia / Sophia
Ben ChaplinJohn
Vincent CasselAlexei
Mathieu KassovitzYuri
Stephen ManganBank Manager
Alexander ArmstrongRobert Mosley
Sally PhillipsKaren
Jo McInnesWaitress
Ben MillerConcierge
Jonathan ArisD.I. O'Fetiger
Mark GatissPorter
Reece ShearsmithPorter
Alan StocksPassport Official
Steve PembertonDuty sergeant
Raj GhatakBank Colleague
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