Bas van der Lecq

25-year-old Michael has been released from prison after a five-year sentence. He moves into a big apartment block, filled with young women who gladly have sex with him.

Racing driver Jimmy meets French model Annette at the racetrack, who is working in Amsterdam for a while. A romantic relationship develops between the two, but they are unable to continue their mutual feelings of love. Annette realizes this first and feels compelled to return to Paris. Now that he no longer has Annette, Jimmy loses control of himself, which makes him unsuitable for his work as a racing driver.

A series of four stories written by the Dutch writer Heere Heeresma, interpreted by four different directors. A confirmed bachelor bumps into his secretary after work. An old man just wants to be left alone at Christmas time. A former sailor yearns to get back to the sea, away from his clarinet playing wife. A shopkeeper in a rowboat gets into an argument with a postman on a bicycle.

A student is working part-time on a canal boat in Amsterdam and a young director wants to make a film about her.