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Inthehazypeaceoftheheathlandintheearlymorning,Stijnleadshisflockofsheep.Withadeterminedblue-eyedgazeandtheappearanceofalonesomecowboy,heisoneofthelasttraditionalshepherdsintheNetherlands.Paradoxically,hepreservesthissimpleexistenceatthecostofafiercestruggle,yearafteryear—againstmechanisation,competition,lowersubsidiesandadministrativehurdles.Whenheloseshismaingrazingcontract,thesituationbecomesdesperate.Buttheheroicshepherdisnotthekindtogivein.Afreemanattachedtohisidealsinaworlddominatedbymarketlaws,heisunwillinglytransformedintoamodernentrepreneur,takingnotonlyhiswifeandsonswithhim,butalsohisparentsandsomedisciplesdevotedtohiscause.Hethusbecomesaneventsplanner,arestaurateur,hespeaksontheradioandevenfindshimselfonatelevisionsetwithoneofhissheep.Theshepherdhasbecomeashowman.Attheriskoflosinghimself?Thispermanentstateofstruggle,whichgraduallyseestheresistanceagainstsomethingstrongerthanhimturnintoaninternalfight,iswhatthefilmendeavourstomakeusexperience.