Вечером 23 сентября 1999 года в собственном доме была убита Жаклин Виттенберг. Её тело нашли лишь несколько дней спустя. Все улики указывали на её личного налогового консультанта Эрнста Лауса. Именно он был последним, с кем разговаривала Жаклин перед смертью. Однако это преступление оказалось намного запутаннее. Известный тележурналист Бас Хан решает бросить вызов полиции, правосудию и СМИ и раскрыть правду об этом загадочном убийстве.
Doodslag (Dutch for "Manslaughter") is the story of Max, a paramedic who is repeatedly hindered in performing his duties by loutish behaviour. As his ambulance hurries towards a complicated childbirth, some youths prevent Max from reaching the distressed woman in labour. Spurred on by the emergency and the incendiary words of a TV pundit, he reaches a boiling point and forcefully hits one of the men obstructing his ambulance. Max's strike has far-reaching, unintended consequences.
Hannah, the headstrong rebel of seven siblings, tries to avoid the preparations for her parent's wedding anniversary, but her charming brand-new lover Victor sort of drags her along, and soon proves an ideal son-in-law, which arouses mixed feelings in her. The sister in law who for years tries to fit in but always felt ignored gets a fit because Victor is immediately invited to chip in and join the anniversary river cruise, so they take over the organization from her. Yet when he confides in her the bunch is miserable at communicating, she claims he can't judge after just one evening and seems suddenly uncertain whether to stay with Victor who proves quite patient and understanding...
March 11th, 2002. John R. takes the head of security and 17 others hostage in Amsterdam biggest skyscraper. John R. demands to speak with the Philips head of Sound&Vision. His goal is to warn people about a large-scale fraud, aimed at brainwashing consumers by means of widescreen TV sets. In the film, we find out about John's preliminary frustrations, his bizarre encounter with Philips head of Sound&Vision Gerard Wesselinck, their impossible friendship, rivalry and John's armed attempt to force the executive to do penance in public.
Kees (Ramsey Nasr) is a gently eccentric loner who takes his imaginary dog for a walk each evening and likes to listen in on his neighbors' conversations. He is lonely. He has no real family, as his father is dead and his mother is institutionalized. However, when the chronically unemployed Kees gets a job at a bank, many of his co-workers don't know what to make of him, and scarcely anyone talks to him -- until the day someone comments on a photo in his wallet. Though he doesn't actually know the woman in the picture, Kees tells them the woman in the photo is his girlfriend and starts spinning tales about their "relationship." Before long, Kees has invented an entire alternate personality and is stealing photos from others to fit the new "friends" and "family" he's created.
История о том, как обычная деревенька в голландской глуши превратилась в настоящий сумасшедший дом, где каждый сходит с ума по-своему. Абсурдистская деревушка, невелика — в ней всего одна улица, но зато какие колоритные персонажи ее населяют! Страсти там кипят нешуточные, и это не может не приводить к различным смешным ситуациям. В курсе всех проблем местного населения — любопытный почтальон, который не может отказать себе в удовольствии почитать чужие письма.
