Director: Paul Verhoeven

A Child of Light

1983. Lucas is 12 years old. He must keep company, during the holidays, with Erwan (15 years) whose parents left alone on a trip. Erwan transfers his bitterness at being neglected to Lucas. He treats him like a dog, forcing him to eat only bread and cheese, and to live without clothes, "like a dog".

Heart of Stone

Lavish adaptation of Wilhelm Hauff′s fairy tale: Young charburner Peter Munk dreams of joining the upper class. He makes a deal with the sinister Holländer-Michel, who offers to trade Peter′s human heart for one made of stone. Once he has the "cold heart" in his body, Peter eventually strikes a fortune and enjoys great wealth, but at the same time, he becomes a bitter and emotionless man – and, having lost all traces of humanity, even murders his wife Lisbeth. Only then does Peter Munk finally realize what has become of him, and he decides to regain his real heart from Holländer-Michel.