Alles is Liefde

Infobox Film
name = Alles is Liefde


caption = Original film poster for "Alles is Liefde"
director = Joram Lürsen
producer = Jeroen Beker Frans van Gestel
writer = Kim van Kooten
starring = Carice van Houten Paul de Leeuw Wendy van Dijk Daan Schuurmans Chantal Janzen
music = Melcher Meirmans Merlijn Snitker Chrisnanne Wiegel
cinematography = Lex Brand
editing = Peter Alderliesten
distributor = A-Film
released = flagicon|Netherlands October 11, 2007
runtime = 110 minutes
country = Netherlands
language = Dutch
budget =
gross =
followed_by =
website = http://www.allesisliefde.nl/
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0468644

"Alles is Liefde" (English translation: "everything is love") is a 2007 romantic comedy film , directed by Joram Lürsen, starring Carice van Houten, Paul de Leeuw, Wendy van Dijk, and Daan Schuurmans.

Plot

Klaasje (Wendy van Dijk) has left her husband Dennis (Peter Paul Muller), because he cheated on her with a young and attractive elementary school teacher (Chantal Janzen). Dennis wants her back, but his chances seem to be reduced to nothing when she has a fling with a 16-year-old boy (Valerio Zeno). Meanwhile, Klaasje's best friend Simone (Anneke Blok) is the boss at home. Her husband Ted (Thomas Acda) has just lost his job, but he is afraid to tell his dominant wife about this.

The movie also follows swimming instructor Victor (Paul de Leeuw), who is about to get married to the (male) love of his life, Kees (Daan Schuurmans). However, during the wedding ceremony the younger Kees calls it off, afraid to get settled. Meanwhile, Victors sister Kiki (Carice Van Houten), an employee at the De Bijenkorf, is dreaming of her very own prince charming. She becomes romantically involved with a real prince, Valentijn (Jeroen Spitzenberger).

With the arrival of a mysterious Sinterklaas (Michiel Romeyn), all of the couples finally know what to do with their lives. [ [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alles_is_Liefde Plot Outline] "Dutch Wikipedia" (translation)]

Background

The story is inspired by the film "Love Actually" (2003). The budget of "Alles is Liefde" was € 4 million. [ [http://www.nrc.nl/kunst/film/article785718.ece Alles is Liefde] . NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved on 2008-01-04.]

Cast

*Carice van Houten as Kiki Jollema
*Paul de Leeuw as Victor Jollema
*Michiel Romeyn as Sinterklaas Jan
*Wendy van Dijk as Klaasje van Ophorst
*Thomas Acda as Ted Coelman
*Daan Schuurmans as Kees Tromp
*Anneke Blok as Simone Coelman
*Peter Paul Muller as Dennis
*Chantal Janzen as Sarah
*Jeroen Spitzenberger as Prince Valentijn
*Marc-Marie Huijbregts as Rudolf
*Valerio Zeno as Daniël

Box office

"Alles is Liefde" had a box office result of €9.1 million in 2007.cite news
title = Nederlandse film ongekend populair in 2007 (+video)
work = [http://www.nrc.nl/ www.nrc.nl]
publisher = NRC Handelsblad
date = 2008-01-10
url = http://www.nrc.nl/kunst/article888747.ece
accessdate = 2008-01-11 nl icon] Within two months after its release it received a Golden Film for nowrap|100,000 visitors, [cite web
title = Met 100.000 bezoekers nu al Gouden Film voor Alles is Liefde
work = [http://www.filmfestival.nl/ www.filmfestival.nl]
publisher = Netherlands Film Festival
date = 2007-10-15
url = http://www.filmfestival.nl/index.php?id=908&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=266&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=700&cHash=2c95a32039
accessdate = 2007-11-01 nl icon] a Platinum Film for nowrap|400,000 visitors, [cite web
title = Alles is Liefde in recordtempo Platina Film
work = [http://www.filmfestival.nl/ www.filmfestival.nl]
publisher = Netherlands Film Festival
date = 2007-10-29
url = http://www.filmfestival.nl/index.php?id=908&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=270&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=700&cHash=7c1d0490aa
accessdate = 2007-11-01 nl icon] and a Diamond Film for nowrap|1,000,000 visitors,cite web
title = Alles is Liefde behaalt in recordtempo één miljoen bezoekers
work = [http://www.filmfestival.nl/ www.filmfestival.nl]
publisher = Netherlands Film Festival
date = 2007-12-07
url = http://www.filmfestival.nl/index.php?id=908&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=272&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=700&cHash=4c20983c71
accessdate = 2007-12-08 nl icon] all in the Netherlands.

In 2007, it was the most viewed Dutch film in cinemas, and over all the third most viewed film in Dutch cinemas, coming after "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" and "".

"Alles is Liefde" is the most visited Dutch romantic comedy film ever, and is in the top 20 of most visited Dutch films of all times.

References

External links

* [http://www.allesisliefde.nl/ Alles is Liefde] (official website) nl icon
*imdb title|id=0468644|title=Alles is liefde