The Takeaway (2025)
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.
Director: Milan van Helvoort
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Maarten van der Knijff as Mino |
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Jonathan Frans as Mino |
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Carlijn van Vliet as |
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Jeroen Rienks as |
| Camera | Lin Hou Oei | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Milan van Helvoort | Writer |
| Production | Tobias Kooijman | Producer |
| Directing | Milan van Helvoort | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Romy Bekaert | Makeup & Hair |
| Crew | Daniëla De Boer | Makeup Effects |
| Art | Elja Hoogstrate | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nena van Rooij | Costume Design |
| Sound | Teun Beumer | Sound Designer |
| Visual Effects | Dirk van Eekelen | Visual Effects |
| Lighting | Joep Hegeman | Gaffer |
| Sound | Emanuele Pellegrini | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Dickenson Eekman | Sound |