Advent – a time of joyful anticipation. You will surely remember the feeling you had as a child, waking up on the first December morning. Rising early, ready to open a new door for 24 consecutive days.
Wednesday afternoon, 29 May, 1963. Three boys are playing soldiers in the vast dunes of the Flemish coast. When one of them finds his sister making love deep in the dunes, their brother-sister relationship is put severely to the test.
Eline is an insecure physiotherapist who takes care of six-year-old Joy, the daughter of the embittered and suspicious widower Lars. Joy ended up in a rehabilitation center due to a car accident. Eline soon realizes that Joy's father Lars is the key to the daughter's recovery. In her determination to help Joy, she pushes her insecurity aside and confronts Lars. Since the car accident, he has only focused on himself and his work.
