Blanka Heirman

한 마리 나비처럼 아름답고 순수한 타투이스트 아가씨 ‘엘리제’ 블루그래스 음악을 사랑하는 자유로운 영혼의 뮤지션 ‘디디에’ 두 사람은 첫 눈에 서로에게 끌려 뜨겁게 사랑하고 용감하게 결혼을 감행한다. 뜻밖의 임신이었지만 귀여운 딸 메이벨의 탄생으로 부모가 되는 기쁨을 나눈 두 사람. 행복은 이 아름다운 커플을 감싸며 완벽한 원을 이루는 것 같았는데… 갑자기 사랑스러운 딸 메이벨이 암으로 죽자, 거칠 것 없어 보이던 두 사람의 사랑과 행복이 흔들리기 시작한다.

The Heylen family's annual get-together to commemorate their mother derails completely.

The second movie version, now in color, of Flemish (heimat-)author Ernest Claes' classical novel, titled after the nickname (Dutch 'the White', referring to a blond male) of the main character. The smart but naughty farmhands son's eternal mischief, pranks and disobedience drive his elders (especially teachers, family and father's grumpy employer, a rich farmer, but also neighbors and even the kind curate whose liturgical server he is) and classmates to despair in a time when a boy's punishment was still inevitable, swift and often severe; thus when his mother catches him skinny dipping she takes all his clothes home, forcing him to a long walk of shame, dreading dad's wrath all the way. This version also stresses the story's social and Flamingant aspects.

The Mayor of a small Flemish town is determined at all costs to save a unique bird sanctuary from a ruthless businessman who advocates a housing development on the site. The main story, though, centres on a childhood trauma that unites the two men and a dark femme fatale whom one desires and the other attempts to manipulate.

Fred, a 28-year-old bachelor from a quiet village in the Ardennes, is forester and grave digger. He is in love with Isabel but she has always loved their childhood friend Peter. Then Peter returns after a failed marriage.