Abel
1986 · 100 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 2,644 VOTES · DIR. Alex van Warmerdam
Overview
An extremely weird comedy revolving around the life of 31- year-old Abel, who has never left home (literally). After failing with doctors and psychiatrists, Abel's father Victor brings home Christine, a friend, in an attempt to teach Abel basic social skills. But Victor's wife Duif accuses him of having an affair, and in the ensuing row Abel is thrown out into the street. But help is at hand when he runs into kind-hearted stripper Zus - whose show Victor is obsessed with…
Dialogue Timeline — 646 lines
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00:03:02 Put those things away. - Why?
00:04:32 Straight to you, imbicile!
00:06:06 Now, that's heartenings I must say.
00:09:10 D'you know what? We'll take a guide with us.
00:11:15 You were there, at the birth?
00:13:06 So brazenly. - So brazenly.
00:15:09 And all those new clothes, new shoes.
00:18:35 Enough!
00:21:20 So, this is Abel then.
00:24:54 I know a nice game.
00:26:10 I heard something as well this time.
00:29:29 ...whom he visits from time to time?
00:32:28 How do you know? - That's how it goes.
00:33:51 Something about the Iron Curtain?
00:37:10 It looks like a tomato plant.
00:42:03 Herring is bad for your heart.
00:47:05 Why can't an evening like this evening...
00:52:42 Please, Vicky, let's talk this over. - Talk, my foot!
01:01:35 It was your first time.
01:06:52 No!
01:10:11 Girls like to be spied on.
01:13:48 There was a postman at the door this afternoon.
01:19:16 Sis, come on! Let's go and have a drink somewhere.
01:30:19 But you've got to keep your mitts off Abel.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed646
Dialogue density6.5 lines / min
First line00:03:02
Final line01:30:19
Production Record
DirectorAlex van Warmerdam
LanguageDutch
IMDb votes2,644