A young Amsterdam lawyer seems to be doing well, but occasionally he is overwhelmed by an unstoppable need for booze. During one of his delirious episodes, he witnesses the death of a squatter at a police station. Worried about his career, he hesitates to speak out.

A young sailor learns that his friend has died of a heroin overdose. He watches the 8mm films he has made of his friend and discovers that he keeps the world at a distance from behind his camera.

Na 'Leedvermaak' uit 1989 en 'Qui vive' uit 2001 is de trilogie nu compleet met 'Happy end'. Frans Weisz regisseerde, Judith Herzberg schreef. Een familiegeschiedenis waarin 3 generaties van een joodse familie elk op hun eigen manier worstelen...

The film is set in a signalman's house during the German occupation. When it turns out that the mother has committed adultery with a German, things start to go downhill for the father. Germans take over his land, and his children fend for themselves.