Based on the book An de Haal by Gijsbert Termaat and Tjerk de Vries, the film is about 25-year-old Dennis Phrommer, a former employee of diamond trade company Gassan Diamonds in Amsterdam who committed a spectacular theft of 8137 diamonds, together 3,422.9 carats (684.58 g), and other jewelry, with a value of €10 million, from his employer.

Dennis (Edo Brunner) is in love with prostitute Tiffany (Nadja Hüpscher).

In view of an upcoming investigation into the missing diamonds Dennis fears he cannot go on like this.

On arrival he visits his parents' house, where he hears from his mother (Willeke van Ammelrooy) that his father (John Leddy) has just died.

First Dennis plans not to attend the funeral because he would likely be caught by the police, but he goes anyway and, after that, turns himself in.