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.
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Bram van Schie
Bart Geraedts
Ella-June Henrard
Moniek Verheije
Lies Visschedijk
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Jeroen van Koningsbrugge
Huub Stapel
Michel Sluysmans
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