Double Life

The Other Woman

Engineer Mark Nuyens dies from a fall on site. Now housewife Karen Van Dijck, the mother of his rascally adolescent son Maarten, getting in trouble during dad's frequent long professional absences, discovers he was married to Nina Overstijns, in another province. Only his brother Ruben was in the know. Will the rival women go public or remain discrete?

The Funeral

The widows volley blindly against each other and Mark's poor brother/confidant Ruben about everything, notably the impending funeral. Their respective families share considerations concerning life with and after Mark. Maarten resents being told only his dad was married to another, and bites at his mom she must have failed to keep him, not the kids.

A New Beginning

Graffiti

Maarten's teacher Johan Van Neygem tells Ruben his mother ignored his advices to arrange therapy for the angrily grieving lad. At a reunion, Ruben revives his affair with Sandrine, but she wants a steady relationship. Obsessed with his dad's other life, Maarten follows Nina, breaks in and graffitis her walls.

A Night Out

Maarten adopts his late father's hobby, photography, despite his mom's lame objection the chemicals are 'dangerous'. His teacher enjoys a dance evening with her, but Ruben's advice to take the initiative backfires. Taunted by his ex's cocky boyfriend in class, Maarten pierces his hand. Now Karen accepts to see a therapist, but rudely rejects her analysis Maarten's way of mourning should be respected, yet gives in later.

A Little Sex

Maarten seeks to conjure dad by reproducing some of his pictures with himself in his dad's spot an flying his kite until his ghost comes to coach him.