Bert Verbloeme has survived the war but lost the love of his life. Now he suffers from a depression and has to learn how to live a meaningful life again.

A family owning a traditional flea circus tries to survive next to the new attraction on the fair.

TV adaptation of Hugo Claus's play about the relationship between siblings Andrea and Thomas. When their parents - a failed artist and a toiling housewife - want to marry off Thomas to his cousin Hilda, a rich older woman who desperately needs a marriage, Andrea tries to prevent this.