The Waiting Room
Cast
Bianca Koedam 
Gene Bervoets 
Annet Malherbe
Credits
Written by: 
Jos Stelling
Cinematography: Goert Giltay
Music: Maurits Overdulve
Editing: Bert Rijkelijkhuizen
Produced by: Anton Kramer
Plot
A large train station, it might be anywhere in a big city. Waiting passengers, some are curiously observing each other, some are too much involved with their own petty problems to pay attention to anything else.
Sinekatalog’s take
In a large train station, waiting passengers observe each other or drown in their own small worries. Jos Stelling turns the setting into a wordless comedy of human types. A delightful short that finds poetry in boredom.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (647 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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