漫漫 殡途

　　At Christin e 's funeral, her foster son sudd  enly sho
ws up, a grown-up man with whom  the  fami
ly has been out of contac t for quite 
some time. He brough
t a letter, stating that Christine wants to  be buried in Wente le n, to the be
wilderment 
of he r biological children, and even more so  to that of her husba
nd.  In  ad
dition 
to
 that, all the rel
atives  are surprised that the f
ost er son of C hristine apparently
mai ntain ed a  correspo ndence with C

hristine. Nevertheless,  Christine' s last wish  is respected, and

they decided to bury her in We ntelen, and wish to do so  traditionally
, me
aning: walking behi  nd the hear

se
.
During a
 walk of sever
al da ys, al l the relati
ves (foster sister

s, foster father, all eg 
ed fri 
ends and real o nes, the f oster son, lover s) have eno ugh  t ime to get to know e a
ch o
ther
better 
. Because in the end they have no other  conclusion than
 that nobo dy r
eally knew
anyone. Old intrigues ar e dug 
 up, the foster sisters 
finally learn  why the foster brother   just disappeared from
 the family, and they can begin to develop a real image  of the mother. Once Chr i
stine's final resting place is reached and
s he is buried, all family 
ties, good  and b ad, are sha ken around.