Five friends from 'Maaskantje' are getting fired because of the economic crisis. They decide that they won't pay for anything anymore.

The start of the career of Herman Brood, who lived his life filled with sex, drugs and rock 'n roll. Guided by his manager they aim to take over the USA with his music.

A woman answers the phone at night. She learns something terrible has happened to her boyfriend David in Phuket. Her world collapses. Stilte na de storm visualises that single brief moment between the nocturnal phone call and the confirmation of the dreaded message. In a stream of consciousness, emotions, memories and reality sweep through her like a storm, before she realises she has lost David. Only silence remains.

The lonesome construction worker Carl gets into a relation with Flicka, a girl inside a computer program.