The Takeaway
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.
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.
Who's in it
Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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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.
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- Release date
- Sep 26, 2025
- Runtime
- 0h 15m
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- Language
- Korean, Dutch
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