Matt is dead for a year. Simon wants to redeem his debt. Charlotte is in love with another. Aunt Babs wants to keep her family together. Tom... Tom...

In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no...

The 1950s. A family has its annual family reunion to commemorate the anniversary of mother's death. People drink and eat heavily and after a while...