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The Takeaway

The Takeaway (2025)

Directed by Milan van Helvoort
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A naïve employee at a Chinese restaurant is mistaken for being Asian, even though he considers himself just a white Dutch guy. A comic thriller about a disorienting search for one’s true identity.

15min

Overall average

5.0/10

Plot

Mino is an average white Dutch boy. But when a kid mocks him with slanted eyes, and he gets called a fucking Chinese at the restaurant where he works, disbelief and doubt begin to creep in. His parents insist that he’s ‘just Dutch’, like them. After a heated confrontation, Mino undergoes a transformation, and in this graduation film, for the first time he sees what he really looks like. A comic thriller, based on the filmmaker’s own experiences, about racism and the alienating moment of realising your appearance doesn’t match the culture you’ve grown up in your whole life.

Genres

HorrorThrillerComedy

Technical details

DetailValue
Original titleDe Afhaal
Original languageNederlands (NL)
Spoken languagesNederlands, 한국어/조선말
StatusReleased
Production companiesAKV St. Joost Breda
Official sitefilmfestival.nl
Release date26 settembre 2025
ProductionTobias Kooijman
WriterMilan van Helvoort
CinematographyLin Hou Oei
Assistant directorsMilan van Helvoort
LightingJoep Hegeman
Camera operatorsLin Hou Oei
Additional photographyLin Hou Oei
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Release dates

Premiere

Netherlands / Sep 26, 2025 / 16

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