Forever (Dutch TV series)

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Forever
GenreYouth series
Directed byDavid Cocheret
Timon Moll
Jan Pool
Starring
Country of originNetherlands
Original languageDutch
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes141
Production
Production company
  • Stepping Stone
Release
Original network
Original release19 February 2018 (2018-02-19) 
2019 (2019)

Forever is a Dutch-language television series that was broadcast by AVROTROS on NPO Zapp. The series is a remake of the Belgian program 4eVeR and is about the lives of four friends Sal (portrayed by Yassine Kji in season 1 and by Hamza Othman in season 2), Dex (Koen van der Molen), Bloem (Manouk Pluis) and Noa (Selin Akkulak), who come from completely different families. [1] [2]

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Cast

ActorRoleSeasonNotes
Yassine Kji Sal Massoud1
Hamza Othman Sal Massoud2
Koen van der Molen Dex Stuurman1-2
Manouk Pluis Bloem de Bree1-2
Selin Akkulak Noa de Wit1-2
Ghieslaine Guardiola Cindy Sital1-2Mother od Noa
Davy Gomez Juuls de Bree1-2Little brother of Bloem
Arian Foppen Luuk de Bree1-2Father of Bloem and Juuls
Soraya de Bakker Inge de Bree1-2Mother of Bloem and Juuls
Delaila Ramdedovic Noor Massoud1-2Sister of Sal
Hassan el Rahaui Farouk Massoud1-2Father of Sal and Noor, policeman
Mounira Hadj Mansour Nadia Massoud1-2Mother of Sal and Noor
Rick Lens Jesse1-2Foster brother of Dex
Cynthia de Graaff Suus1-2Mother of Dex
Roscoe Leijen Bart1-2Friend of Suus

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Release

Forever was released on February 19, 2018 on AVROTROS. [4]

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