2차대전이 거의 끝나가던 무렵, 13세의 미하엘은 부상당한 영국 군인을 도와준 것을 계기로 레지스탕스에 가담하게 된다. 전쟁이 끝나고 점차 성장해 가면서 미하엘은 상상 속의 모험과 전쟁의 추악한 실태간에 어마어마한 차이가 있음을 깨닫게 된다.

Thijs is a ripe-age Dutch tomato grower. His adult daughters plan to have him move in a skyscraper-flat, leaving home and professional life, but he takes his adolescent (half-)Moroccon grandson Omar's advice to refuse and keep living. Thijs even lets the cheerful rascal coach his love-life, which lands him on a blind date with Jacky, an energetic Flemish woman, who won't take no for an answer but turns up at his door-step till he consents, and soon drags him into evening life, preparing for a dance contest. Soon after Omar turns up, listless and lazier then ever, runaway from school and home. The obvious reason for the horny hound's hanging head is a girl: Mergal is foxy, Turkish and as smitten as he, but her burly big brother Erhan will only allow a boy to go steady with her who has proven himself his better on the field in the traditional manly sport of oil-wrestling. Now Thijs...

A behind the scenes look at the production of Martin Koolhoven's film, Oorlogswinter.