Willem is a well-meaning sailor, that visits the pub of Tante Saar when he returns home.
Willem and Leen then get to know each other better and he promises to marry her after his next return from sea.
But upon his return Lau is back in her life and a cat and mouse game arises between the two men.
In 2003, the images were studied by lip readers and the film's spoken material became a radio drama.
It was screened during the Biennale on that year in the Film Museum in Amsterdam.