Birthday Girl
2001
A shy English bank clerk meets a Russian woman through a mail-order bride service, but their awkward new life together takes a sinister turn when her two menacing brothers arrive uninvited. The film is a darkly comic thriller that subverts the romantic comedy premise in unexpected directions.
Director
- Jez Butterworth
Cast
- Nicole Kidman
- Ben Chaplin
- Vincent Cassel
- Mathieu Kassovitz
- Kate Lynn Evans
- Stephen Mangan
- Alexander Armstrong
- Sally Phillips
- Jo McInnes
- Ben Miller
Filming Locations
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South Oxhey
Filming took place at the Police Station.
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St. Albans Cathedral
The cathedral featured as a location in the film, which was set and shot largely around St Albans, Hertfordshire, where the protagonist John Buckingham works as a local bank clerk.