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Rocco & Sjuul

Rocco & Sjuul

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Rocco & Sjuul

2023

1h 32m

5.5(4 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Overview

Fifty years after being dance partners in their twenties, two pensioners find themselves torn between romance and their disapproving families when they reconnect and fall head over heels in love.

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Phanta Film

The people behind it

Cast & crew

8 featured cast members

Starring

Sabri Saad El-Hamus

Sabri Saad El-Hamus

Rocco

Beppie Melissen

Beppie Melissen

Sjuul

Amin Angoud

Kennis van Rocco

Anniek Pheifer

Anniek Pheifer

Nazmiye Oral

Nazmiye Oral

Mamoun Elyounoussi

Mamoun Elyounoussi

Jules Croiset

Jules Croiset

Pim Vosmaer

Wesley

Creative team

Directed by: Anna van der Heide
Written by: Esther Scheldwacht
Tamara Bos
Produced by: Maaike Benschop
Petra Goedings

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