Follow six stories about love and how love always wins when faced with life's challenges and tough situations. From realizing a wish to have children to struggling with the challenges of an open relationship. From mourning over a lost love from the past to accepting new love and adapting to the future. Love, in all its forms, is universal.
Cast: Fedja van Huêt, Rifka Lodeizen, Eva van de Wijdeven
Season 1
6 episodes
1. ButterfliesWhile all her friends are working on their relationships and starting families, pole-dance instructor Roos resolutely remains single: love has disappointed her too many times to ever give another man the chance of capturing her heart. Until she sees a note posted on the information board in her local supermarket, written by someone who has apparently spotted her in the park.TV-MACC34minDec 16, 2022
2. Hold Me CloseKatja and Simon have found each other in their sharp observations and in their remorseless sense of humor. Not much of that razor-sharp edge survived after Simon was left both partially paralyzed and suffering from aphasia. Then Simon risks it all by proposing this: if he is unable to provide Katja with the intimacy that she needs, then perhaps she should look for it in someone else.TV-MACC39minDec 16, 2022
3. The Big QuestionsBenjamin comes home to celebrate Christmas with his father Chris and his two older brothers, Alex and Marius. It’s their first Christmas without their mother Lies, who passed away after a prolonged illness in the spring. At Christmas dinner, Benjamin wants to uphold one of his mother’s traditions, which is to ask each other ‘The Big Questions’. This meets serious resistance from his brothers.TV-MACC31minDec 16, 2022
4. In the Eye of the StormDwayne and Marisa are happy with their two little girls. Still, Dwayne finds it difficult to allow himself to fully commit himself emotionally to his present family situation. Years before, he had lost his previous wife and his two young sons when hurricane Irma hit St Maarten during their stay there.TV-MACC24minDec 16, 2022
5. The Genie Out of the BottleColette and her partner Naomi want to have children and are very happy when their good friend Boaz is willing to donate sperm for this purpose. Naomi is totally prepared for this next step in her life and can’t wait to get pregnant. Colette, a promising young author, is struggling with her own issues and with her next novel. It might be that Naomi’s plans are a little premature for her.TV-MACC34minDec 16, 2022
6. The Glass HeartGuus and Lil have everything their hearts desire. And not just each other because Guus and Lil have agreed that they are free to date other people if they want to. It’s not always easy, but as long as they make sure their extramarital affairs stay extramural as well, they can both cope with the situation. This all changes when Lil and her lover Bruno are involved in a car accident.TV-MACC32minDec 16, 2022
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Follow six stories about love and how love always wins when faced with life's challenges and tough situations. From realizing a wish to have children to struggling with the challenges of an open relationship. From mourning over a lost love from the past to accepting new love and adapting to the future. Love, in all its forms, is universal.
Creators and cast
- Created by
- Sabine Brian
- Cast
- Fedja van Huêt, Rifka Lodeizen, Eva van de Wijdeven, Arjan Ederveen, Hanna van Vliet, Hannah Hoekstra
- Studio
- Amazon Studios, NL Film en TV
Maturity rating
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Audio languages
Dutch
