The story begins at the funeral of Louis, the father of television presenter Brecht Bosmans. Brecht discovers a note in which his father requests that a certain Jos Teugels be invited to his funeral. Teugels was an old fellow villager of Louis from Oosterdonk, from whom nothing has been heard for years. Together with some acquaintances who have all lived in Oosterdonk, Brecht begins to reminisce about the village and the mysterious village figure Pietje De Leugenaar who was in magical contact with nature.