Hemel

Hemel attends a dinner party with her father and witnesses him break up with his girlfriend Emma just beforehand, creating an awkward scene. The moment reveals the strained dynamics around Gijs relationships and foreshadows Hemel own challenges with commitment. The tense atmosphere sets the mood for what follows in the evening.

Hemel speaks with her father's girlfriend in the bathroom offering a blunt view on relationships by saying relationships last as long as they last. The other woman accuses Hemel of taking more than she gives, highlighting Hemel own self centered approach to love. The conversation shows how personal boundaries are tested within their circle.

Hemel goes home with a stranger named Jimmy for a one night stand. The encounter turns violent when Jimmy strangles and rapes her, shattering her sense of safety and marking a pivotal traumatic event in her life.

After the assault Hemel attends Teun birthday party and confronts his Christian girlfriend Annabella, telling her that suppressing lust is a waste. She challenges Annabella beliefs, exposing Hemel own discomfort with moral judgments.

At the auction house where he works Gijs gives his girlfriend Sophie a ring that says You make me human and invites her to meet Hemel on her birthday. Before that meeting he tells Sophie that Hemel was an accident and that her mother committed suicide. The revelation unsettles Sophie and heightens Hemel possessiveness.

Hemel and her father attend an opera performance, holding hands briefly during a moving moment. They share a cigarette outside the theater, a small moment of proximity that underscores their complicated bond.

Hemel begins an affair with Douwe, the husband of Brechtje, a colleague of Gijs. Douwe confesses he has had only a few sexual partners and that Hemel is the only woman he has cheated with, while warning that the relationship will never last.

Gijs and Hemel travel to Sevilla for a holiday, where they share a bathroom and are comfortable being naked around each other. He tells Hemel that Sophie will be living in his house and that he has nothing to hide, which unsettles Hemel.

That night in Sevilla Hemel tearfully recounts that she saw a man jump off a building. The confession adds to the sense of danger and confusion in their relationship.

During the same night Gijs wakes Hemel and carries her to the toilet to urinate, pulling down her underwear. The act is intimate yet invasive, signaling how their power dynamics have shifted.

The following morning, Hemel peers over the edge of a building and then leaves. The image haunts her and foreshadows her fear of losing balance or control.

Back in the Netherlands Hemel waits in the rain outside Douwe s house. Douwe is not home and Brechtje answers the door, signaling a pause before deeper revelations. Brechtje explains a part of Hemel life with her father, and the two women share a quiet moment of understanding.