Jeroen revels in the attention the soldier showers on him, at first treating him like a little brother but eventually their relationship becomes sexual. Jeroen meets Walt Cook (Andrew Kelley), a Canadian soldier in his early 20s, who befriends him. Things change when the village is liberated by Canadian troops. Jeroen and his friend Jan go to the ocean and see an American plane in the water Jan tries to go under but claims there are too many eels and comes up with a big cut on his upper right thigh. He stays with an eel fisher's family, but despite the abundance of food, he is plagued by homesickness. The city suffers from food shortages, with more food available in the country. Jeroen (Jeroen Krabbé) reminisces about the time in 1944 when he (Maarten Smit) and other boys were sent to the countryside by their parents to escape the war. NOTE: The filmed version differs considerably from the original book.
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