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The story of a romantic relationship between a grown-up and a boy. Set in the Netherlands
near the end of WWII, the film is a flashback recalling an adolescent relationship
between Jeroen and a Canadian soldier.

This sensitive film tells the story without passing judgments or making conclusions.
It leaves viewers to form their opinions about the relationship the two characters
had and probe at the inner motives of each. Was the soldier manipulating the boy's emotions
or did he truly felt love for him? Was the boy merely looking for a father figure or did he
genuinely felt a natural attraction for the young soldier?

And that is where the film is most effective. A film that leaves you thinking long after you
see it is a film that respects you because your opinion about it is just as important as everyone's.

Yes, the theme is highly polemic. However, somehow the Dutch are able to address
the issue of love between a man and a boy without making it purile and scandalous.