In Raging of the whole world are the turbulent early years of Alexander Goudveyl central. The story of Alexander's childhood is also the history of an era, the fifties and sixties, and a never solved murder case. Murder goes back to an authentic incident: in 1956, right before Christmas, a policeman was shot in broad daylight in Maassluis during a large-scale evangelistic campaign. The film also plays a failed escape attempt with a herring trawler involved in the turbulent days of May 1940.
Young Barend is worried about the safety of the sailing vessel he is on. The owner is an unscrupulous and stingy man who skimps on repairs and Barend becomes aware of this. Inevitably there is drama and tragedy. The film is set in an early 20th century Dutch fishing village with local period costume and colour.
En el Amsterdam de 1955, Ciske, un chico de 11 años de edad, vive en una barriada. Su madre trabaja en un bar y su padre está fuera de casa. Ciske, pese a su corta edad, se propone combatir las injusticias de la vida, pese a que ello le traerá más de un problema... (FILMAFFINITY)
Patients in a psychiatric clinic are placed in a special home in the city, where they have access to the outside world. Another change to their previous situation is the fact that two female patients come to live with them.
A veterinarian lives together with his sister and her son in a small village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. He has to cope with gossip and distrust from the villagers.
Esta película antológica incluye cuatro relatos filmados por cuatro directores diferentes. La primera es una crónica de la conquista amorosa de un gerente de banco a una de sus empleadas. La segunda examina la vida de un hombre mayor e independiente que no quiere ser "mejorado". La tercera describe la relación entre un marinero y una abogada. La última historia habla de un comerciante de viaje de pesca.