A tale centered on the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302 where the Flemish rank and file won a major victory over the glorious French knights.

Following over two dozen different people in the almost wordless atmosphere of a dark night in a Brussels town, Akerman examines acceptance and rejection in the realm of romance.

Hector’s parents sent him to an orphanage in treatment for smallpox but… they never picked him up. 35 years later, he still lives in the orphanage, surrounded by children, his…