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.
Casts Bram van Schie, Ella-June Henrard, Lies Visschedijk, Jeroen van Koningsbrugge, Huub Stapel, Michel Sluysmans
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1992
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According to Greta
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Good One
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Guncrazy
Good Morning, Night
Mouth of Hell
The Party
The Garden
Coming Soon
Fabrizio’s Initiation
The Divine Order
Hoya
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