 The main character is played by both Derek de Lint (in the present) and Marc van Uchelen (as a youth), whereas Monique van de Ven plays two different roles, one after the war (his first wife) and one in the war (a woman who participated in the assault and whom he meets later the same night in a dark police cell).In January 1945, as the Second World War in Europe is reaching its end, much of the Netherlands remains under Nazi occupation.One night, a Nazi collaborator is shot dead on his bicycle.