Wild Mussels

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Wild Mussels

"Happiness is a foreign landscape"

2000

1h 55m

5.5(12 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Overview

A group of friends in their early twenties re-consider their boring lives in a sleepy fishing village in the Netherlands.

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9 members

Acting

Fedja van Huêt

Leen

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Frank Lammers

Daan

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Frederik Brom

Jacob

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Angelique de Bruijne

Janine

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Will van Kralingen

Noortje

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Josse De Pauw

Wannes

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Marina de Graaf

Diana

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Melek Karasu

Atash

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Hans Veerman

Rinus

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