BIRTHDAY GIRL

Year: 2001
USA: Miramax Films
UK: FilmFour
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin, Vincent Cassel, Mathieu Kassovitz, Stephen Mangan, Alexander Armstrong, Mark Gatiss, Ben Miller, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith
Director: Jez Butterworth
Countries: UK / USA
USA & UK: 93 mins
USA Rated: R for sexuality and language
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong language, and moderate sex and violence
USA Release Date: 1 February 2002
UK Release Date: 28 June 2002

Synopsis

John (Ben Chaplin) 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 called 'From Russia With Love'.

His internet love connection is the enigmatic Nadia (Nicole Kidman). She is more attractive than expected. She has an insatiable appetite for sex. She only speaks one word of English: 'Yes'. And almost nothing about her is what it appears to be. When Nadia's Russian 'cousins', Yuri (Vincent Cassel) and Alexei (Mathieu Kassovitz), turn up unexpectedly to celebrate her birthday, John's life is turned upside down as he learns the truth behind their relationship and is taken on an adventure of a lifetime.