This opulent, romantic coming-of-age drama set at the height of Europes belle xEpoque, is about a young man -- Piet Barol -- with an instinctive appreciation for pleasure and a gift for finding it. Piet applies for a job as tutor to the troubled son of Europes leading hotelier a child who refuses to leave his familys mansion on Amsterdams grandest canal. As the young man enters this glittering world, he learns it secrets -- and soon finds his life transformed.,
