Denise Gregoire

The title of the film, set in Luxembourg in 1942, during the Nazi occupation, amalgamates the words Schacko (helmet) and chapeau claque (opera hat). The village, in which it is set, has not yet been feeling the effects of the war at this point.

Fasciné par le Japon, Storey Emmenthal accepte de prendre la direction de plusieurs salons de jeux que son père, Philip, riche homme d'affaires genevois, vient de recevoir en héritage. La mort subite de sa mère provoque le retour de Storey en Suisse. Pour distraire son père de son immense chagrin, Storey décide de transformer le manoir familial en maison close privée. Le père et le fils se livrent à leurs fantaisies sexuelles en compagnie de huit femmes... et demi.

Luxembourg, October 1830. Unrest spreads in the region in the wake of the Belgian Revolution. Fed up with the domination of the Dutch, most of the people want to become Belgian. Those who want an independent Luxembourg are few. Among them a town clerk obstinately refuses to accept the Belgian nationality. Considered as a traitor, he is forced to go into exile. A few years later, in 1839, Luxembourg finally becomes independent.

Ofelia is the daughter of photographer Miguel and of deceased circus artist Lea. When her father is hospitalised with a nervous breakdown, she decides to find out the reason and in doing so discovers the truth about the relationship between her parents and the true fate of her mother.