Nadine is a 2007 Dutch road movie drama film directed by Erik de Bruyn from a script he co-wrote with Gwen Eckhaus and starring Monic Hendrickx, Sanneke Bos and Halina Reijn.
It follows a career woman named Nadine, who is played by the three lead actors at three different life stages of her life, the story starts when the oldest (Hendrickx) kidnaps a baby and goes on a road trip towards Portugal.
The idea for Nadine started shortly after the release of de Bruyn's Wild Mussels, according to him when he just turned 40 years old and in his friend group there were a number of highly educated independent women, who became suddenly interested in having children when they turned forty.
He co-wrote the first draft with Marion Bloem, the decision to cast three women for the same character was established early in development.
[4] The film was supposed to be an international co-production with various production companies across Europe, but these plans were dropped after two years.