Mussels in Love ( L'amour des moules )

Mussels in Love (DVD) (*)

~~$20.99~~ $14.97

Original Title: L'amour des moules
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
71 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Willemiek Kluijfhout

Written By:
Willemiek Kluijfhout

Actors:
Willemiek Kluijfhout

Synopsis:

Mussels are gross: they're slimy; they look like hard-shelled vaginas; and both male and female mussels ejaculate in order to reproduce. Yet people still gobble up these edible bivalves, savouring them in various dishes at restaurants all over the world. Mussels in Love explores the titular mollusc, covering everything from the way they procreate - excreting a milky white substance as a sort of underwater cross-pollination method of sex - to their conservation and place in-and-outside of the culinary world.

Belgians, such as top chef Sergio Herman, look forward to it with bated breath - the start of the mussel season. In this film light is shed on the lifecycle of the Zeeland mussel in an intimate manner. The mussel that loves, the one that holds on with all its might, and the mussel that is cast off by storm. And on its way, we (and the mussel) encounter the passionate enthusiasts who fall in love, struggle and overcome adversity.

The life cycle of the mussel and the passionate individuals it encounters: not just biologists and fishermen, but also cooks and even a gynaecologist.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 02 October, 2013.