Peter Beense

Spike, an aspiring rapper, gets sucked into a criminal environment and ends up in jail for smuggling drugs.

Robbie, a divorced Amsterdam commoner, is meanly denied access to his son Tommi, except for monthly visitation. He grudgingly accepts when a loan shark offers to scrap his debt and throw in some cash for a simple service. Robbie must simply trick Marius, a man he never knew, to the port for a fictitious job. As he gets to know Marius, he starts feeling for the generous sociable type. His conscience wants him to warn the mark he's likely to be beaten up.

A couple can not have children, because the man is infertile. They decide to abduct the most popular singer of the Netherlands (Dries Roelvink) and to get a child with her and his seed. This leads to embarrassing situations.

Two best friends hide in a luxury department store after closing time to write a school report at night. Serious Renske wants to start the report right away, while popular Eva has completely different plans. Eva wants to party and let loose: try on all the designer clothes, have a perfume fight, and do each other's makeup with the most expensive cosmetics. Renske, on the other hand, has been raised to be very proper and doesn't dare to do any of that, but Eva won't be stopped. Then Renske's worst nightmare becomes reality... While feasting on strawberry tarts, they are caught by a giant night guard. Does this mean the end of their nighttime adventure, or can they still escape unpunished the next morning?

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.

In Amsterdam Paradise we're witnessing the development of the relationship between Adam and Eva and see how it’s continually influenced and affected by dozens of other stories set in the city. Amsterdam Paradise is a shimmering mosaic narrative of the city, life and love.