Love Is All

Love Is All (original title Alles is Liefde), directed by Joram Lürsen from a screenplay by Kim van Kooten, is a Dutch romantic comedy loosely inspired by the British film Love Actually, starring Carice van Houten. The film follows the intersecting love lives of four Amsterdam couples in the days leading up to the Dutch Sinterklaas holiday. Reaching 1,213,764 viewers in 2007, the film passed one million viewers within nine weeks, earning "Diamond Film" status faster than Black Book (Zwartboek), which had taken 19 weeks to reach the same milestone. Who it's for: anyone curious about a romantic comedy where four couples' love lives intersect ahead of a Dutch holiday, breaking Dutch box office milestones at a rapid pace. Who it's not for: viewers looking for an English language production, since the film is built around the Netherlands' own holiday tradition.