A sober, sensitive account of a young man's struggle to square himself with the dramatic events that shaped his past. The film begins in the small Dutch town of Haarlem during the last stages of German occupation in 1945. Young Anton Steenwijk sees a hated Nazi collaborator murdered in the streets and, in retaliation, the Nazis destroy his family's home and brutally murder his parents along with a group of others. Only his youth saves him but the events of that fateful night continue to haunt and confuse him for the next four decades.

Academy Award Winner For Best Foreign Film

Best Film - Best Director

Seattle International Film Festival