Liza
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.
teacher
A father struggles with the administration when he comes to register his child.
Barvrouw
Julleke would have loved to have been a student but he never made it beyond the post office of Mussegem. His friends Mil and Frans have no financial worries and their motto is 'the dafter the better'.
Suzy
May 1940, a mother is on the run with her two little girls. Due to a lack of gasoline she can't go far and harbours her children near a Lourdes grotto.