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Certificate 15

Cast Nicole Kidman Ben Chaplin Vincent Cassel Mathieu Kassovitz Ben Chaplin Mathieu Kassovitz

Directors Jez Butterworth

Screenwriters Tom Butterworth

Running Time 93 minutes

Birthday Girl
Lightweight low-budget rom-com starring Nicole Kidman as a mail-order bride.

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Plot
Desperate bank clerk John decides to mail-order a bride from Russia, but when Nadia arrives he is unimpressed. She wins him round with some kinky sex, but then her two sinister 'cousins' turn up.

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