荷蘭作家Jan Terlouw同名小說改編，Martin Koolhoven執導，榮獲荷蘭電影節牛犢獎－最佳女主角等三項大獎，並入選奧斯卡最佳外語片初選名單。

二次大戰末期的荷蘭，十三歲的少年米歇爾因為幫助了一名負傷的英國飛行員，而捲入反抗軍與戰爭之中，米歇爾幾次幫助飛行員逃走的計劃都失敗，父親最後也被德軍殺害，他回想起整個冬天發生的大小事，發現了驚人的事實...。

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.