[4] It was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.

[5][6] The film opens with Dave (Jeroen Perceval) jumping into a pool, wearing a stocking over his face.

He runs to a waiting car, where Sylvie (Veerle Baetens) asks him where his brother is.

Dave's brother, Kenny (Kevin Janssens) is arrested and sentenced to seven years in prison.

One day at work, Dave gets a phone call informing him that Kenny is getting released early.

They stop on the way back to deliver a Christmas tree to their mother, Mariette (Viviane de Muynck).

Robert initially says no, but after he loses a bet concerning a penalty kick in the soccer game that he is watching on TV, he hesitantly hires Kenny.

After a brief fight outside, Kenny relents and invites Sylvie to Christmas dinner at his house with his mother and Dave.

Kenny says that his cellmate from prison, Stefan (Jan Bijvoet) is going to help them dispose of the body; Dave is reluctant to help, until Kenny threatens to tell the police that Dave was his accomplice in the robbery that got him arrested years ago.

Ricardo begins to bark at Dave's trunk; Gérard goes to investigate and sees the body.

Gérard bleeds to death on the ground in front of Kenny and Stefan; Dave, shocked, runs off into the forest.

Dave hesitates for a moment but eventually relents and follows Kenny outside the station, where Stefan and Joyce are waiting in separate cars.

Dave shoots at the ostriches, and the gunfire alerts a nearby police officer of their location.

As the sound of police sirens approach in the distance and Dave lies bleeding, Kenny puts the gun against his head, intending to commit suicide.

He does not respond, continuing to hold the gun against Kenny's head, and the police eventually shoot him.