Jan Willem Hofma

Quatre amis de longue date partent à l'assaut du Mont Ventoux, comme ils le faisaient il y a trente ans. Une ascension sous un soleil de plomb qui alterne entre sujets graves et bonnes tranches de rigolade. Jusqu'à ce que leur amie d'enfance, la belle Laura se présente et qu'avec elle, les « fantômes » du passé resurgissent...

54-year-old Liesbeth is pushed to a new extreme when the men crossing her path don't seem to take her seriously.

Hiernamaals tells the story of Sam, a hyperintelligent and hardworking 14-year-old girl who leads a happy life with her father and her two brothers in the south of the Netherlands. She is a good student, very strict with herself and she is always on time. She also takes care of her two younger brothers; since her mother Vera died, she’s felt responsible for the family and now she takes care of the household with her father. One morning — rushing to school to help her math teacher print exams — she is struck by a large truck and she dies. In the hereafter she finds her mother waiting for her. It's a strange feeling of both happiness and sadness. She discovers that there is a way back to life, but will she succeed in taking her mother with her?

A successful vascular surgeon is suddenly confronted with a blood phobia, making it impossible for him to exercise his job in the hospital. He moves from the capital to the countryside to work as the GP of a village where he only knows his aunt. His predecessor was well liked, so his new community is less than welcoming. The empathic capabilities of the doctor leaves much to be desired, making it even harder for him to win his place in the close-knit community.

Danni Lowinski is a hairdresser in need of money who decides to become a lawyer.

Former Amsterdam police detective Floris Wolfs has been transferred to the police department of the south-Dutch country town Maastricht. His metropolitan experience nicely complements the local expertise of his new country colleagues, who know the folks. Slowly he fits in, while solving countless crimes together with his female partner Eva van Dongen.