Wild Mussels(2000)
Happiness is a foreign landscape
A group of friends in their early twenties re-consider their boring lives in a sleepy fishing village in the Netherlands.
Movie: Wild Mussels
Top 9 Billed Cast
Leen
Daan
Jacob
Janine
Noortje
Wannes
Diana
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Overview
A group of friends in their early twenties re-consider their boring lives in a sleepy fishing village in the Netherlands.
Release Date
2000-09-28
Average
5.4
Rating:
2.7 startsTagline
Happiness is a foreign landscape
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