Astrid van Eck
With the very first day of high school right around the corner, a final summer night turns out to be a deciding moment between childhood and adulthood for a close-knit group of friends, when one of them mysteriously disappears.
This elaborate and curated fairy tale adventure tells the story of Lampie, the lighthouse keeper's daughter, who has to climb a grand staircase every evening to light the lantern and shrink ships before the rocks. One night, in the midst of an approaching storm, she finds that her matches have run out - disaster strikes and an adventure begins.
Charles Dujardin - psychiatrist - starts losing his precious sense of control when Lotte, a seductive and promiscuous client offers her confession. Her story takes hold of his mind. After his ailing wife is sped off to the hospital Charles grows obsessed with Lotte. Reality and fantasy start mixing. An ethical commission starts asking difficult questions. There's been a complaint. An official investigation is started. But he didn't do anything wrong. Did he?
