خلاصه داستان : در دهه 1960 در هلند، پسری 9 ساله به نام توماس به همراه خواهر سرکش و مادرش، حکومت ظالمانه پدر سختگیر خود را تحمل می‌کند. حال توماس از تخیل خود برای فرار از این واقعیت دلخراش استفاده می‌کند و به زودی یاد می‌گیرد که شادی زمانی حاصل می‌شود که فرد بر ترس‌های خود غلبه کند…

The 1960s, Netherlands. Thomas doesn’t realise it yet, but he has special powers. The nine-year-old sees things others cannot. He lives in a strict, religious family where his father, quick to cite the word of God, often resorts to violence. As a sense of injustice grows within him and a longing for freedom takes hold, Thomas begins writing his Book on Everything. In it, he wishes for his father’s punishment and encounters a host of unusual characters: Jesus Christ, a levitating lady with a piano-loving cat, tropical fish swimming in city canals, a young peg-legged witch living next door, and many others.

خلاصه داستان : یک هنرمند گوشه گیر، یک دختر مدرسه ای، یک خدمتکار ناراضی، یک کارگر راه آهن و یک مدیر تجاری شکست خورده در یک بازی عجیب با هم برخورد می کنند و...

The story of a summer dress and those who have to do with it, especially the train conductor (played by van Warmerdam, the director). The dress functions as catalyst for the whimsical events, which turns out to be either tragic or hilarious.