The Dinner Club
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| Directed by | Robert Jan Westdijk |
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| Based on | The Dinner Club by Saskia Noort |
| Produced by | Edwin van Meurs |
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| Cinematography | Lex Brand |
| Edited by | Menno Boerema |
| Music by | Steve Willaert |
Production company | Infinity Film & TV Productions |
| Distributed by | Benelux Film Distributors |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Netherlands |
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| Box office | $1.9 million |
The Dinner Club (Dutch: De eetclub) is a 2010 Dutch thriller film directed by Robert Jan Westdijk from a script he co-wrote with Marjan Lammers based on the novel of the same name by Saskia Noort. The film stars Bracha van Doesburgh, Thom Hoffman, Angela Schijf, Mark van Eeuwen, Halina Reijn, Peter Paul Muller, and Birgit Schuurman. It follows a woman who moved with her family to an affluent neighborhood, where she is invited to join a dining club.
Following the success of The Dark House, several other Noort novels were optioned for adaptations which included the Dinner Club. Filming took place in 2010 around Aerdenhout and Renkum.
The film was released in Dutch theaters in 25 November 2010. It received generally negative reviews from critics, but received a Golden Film for having at least 100.000 visitors at the box office.