Neeltje de Vree

Lepel, un petit garçon, vit avec sa vilaine grand-mère, une femme revêche. Il en est ainsi depuis que les parents de l'enfant ont choisi de partir, des années auparavant, pour un long périple en montgolfière. Lepel, qui souffre cruellement de leur absence, décide de comprendre les raisons qui les ont poussés à délaisser leur enfant. Sa vie change le jour où il décide de se réfugier dans un grand magasin où il rencontre Pleun, une jeune fille qui vit derrière un présentoir à cravates. Ensemble, ils partent à la recherche des parents de Lepel.

1969. Nine-year old Caro lives on a pig farm in a small town with her four other siblings and another on the way. She is curious and determined to understand the mysteries of the world around her. But her devout catholic father can't explain the new world and her mother is too busy for philosophy so she converses to God. One day at school she is horrified to learn that man will soon set foot on the moon. In her eyes it's not possible that God would allow anyone to get so close to Heaven. Her clowning father agrees and, unable to cope with modern-day progress, hits the bottle. Caro is preparing for her first holy communion to become 'a bride of God' but before that she seals a pact with her father to overcome her fear of swimming in exchange, he will not touch a drop of alcohol.