
Shy, gentle Dennis, obsessed with train‑spotting, is released early for good behavior after a rape sentence. His parents, barbers André and Rita, try to protect him, but the victim’s sister Barbara sparks a hate campaign. When another girl accuses him, Dennis is jailed again and beaten. Barbara’s boyfriend, lawyer Thomas Verelst, takes the case pro deo, arguing he should be placed in a mental institution.
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Matthias Schoenaerts
Dennis

Maaike Neuville
Delphine

Veerle Baetens
Barbara

Hilde Van Mieghem

Els Dottermans
Rita

Olivier Bisback
Gevangene

Tom van Dyck
Thomas

Damiaan De Schrijver
Andre

Hans de Munter
Neurologist

Guido De Craene
Ambtenaar justitie

Reinhilde Decleir
Arlette

June Voeten
Jasmijn

Patrick De Neve
Jeroen

Greta Van Langhendonck
Rita's ma

Francine De Bolle
Jenny

Rudolph Segers
Gevangene

Goedele Liekens
Goedele Liekens
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What is the name of the 26‑year‑old protagonist who has the mind of a child?
Dennis
André
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Barbara
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Dennis is 26 years old but has the mind of a child. He is obsessed with trains and train schedules. His mother Rita is overjoyed when he returns from prison after serving a sentence for the alleged rape of an underage girl. The neighborhood, however, is not happy with Dennis’s homecoming, especially Barbara.
After Dennis masturbates at the playground — with his pants on — Rita and his father André decide to keep him inside. However, when Rita is at work, André watches Dennis but falls asleep. In this timeframe, Dennis goes outside to see the trains but does not return. Later on the evening, the police tell them that Dennis raped a woman. Dennis is found in a train station.
Dennis is being questioned by a psychiatrist. He concludes there is no proper psychiatric institution where Dennis can be handled, so he is sent to jail, where he is beaten and harassed by the other prisoners. The guards, who despise sex offenders, do nothing to help him. Eventually, Dennis tries to kill himself.
Rita contacts Thomas, a lawyer who coincidentally happens to be Barbara’s boyfriend. A medical examination proves the girl was indeed raped. Thomas argues that Dennis belongs in a psychiatric institution, not prison, so he tries to convince the judge. Barbara changes her mind after a quarrel with Thomas. She initially hoped Rita and her family would move or Dennis would be locked up forever, but never realized Dennis does need professional help.
They try to petition the government for Dennis’s release, and are able to make an appearance on a famous Belgian debate television show. Some days later, Rita gets a letter from a psychiatric institution which will accept Dennis as a patient.
There, Dennis explains that the girl took him to an abandoned place as she claimed to know all about trains and schedules. She told she was cold so he gave her his sweater. She stroked his belly, but he told her she must not do that as it is forbidden. As she kept going on and looked at him very nicely, he pushed the girl away. He felt her warm belly and became aroused, leading to the rape.
The trial and judgment are not revealed.
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