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LOVE IS THE WORD (HEMEL OP AARDE)
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Completed - DUTCH - Comedy - 102 minutes

Log Line

Love is the Word is a moving, romantic and funny coming-of-age drama about the magic of first love and the misery of first lost, set in 1978: the year "Grease" hit the big screen.

Previous markets

  • Berlin EFM 2014 (Premiere)
  • Cannes 2014 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2013

Director(s) : Pieter KUIJPERS
Writer(s) : Edward STELDER
Cast : Ella-June HENRARD, Huub STAPEL, Jeroen VAN KONINGSBRUGGE, Lies VISSCHEDIJK

Producer(s) : Sander VAN MEURS (Pupkin)

Synopsis

13-year-old Bart is a sensitive and religious boy who wants to do as many good deeds as he possibly can. Quite unexpectedly he falls head-over-heels in love with the sophisticated and highly-seductive 16 year-old, Moniek. Despite his parents’ disapproval, Bart secretly starts seeing Moniek and from that moment on, terrible things start to happen. Bart is convinced that this is because he is more occupied with Moniek than with doing good deeds. He has to choose between his love for Moniek; which could tempt fate even further, or deny his feelings and return to the path of righteousness.

Production

Country(ies) : NETHERLANDS


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