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Two grandfathers take care of their grandchildren.

After one of the residents of a villa dies, she leaves everything to her parrot. Opa Willem Bol then decides to move in with his girlfriend Charlotte, who lives in the villa.

A theater actor looks back on his life. Present and past tumbling over each other, real life will have the dimensions of a play and the other men of flesh and blood are reduced to characters.

A wealthy former art dealer and professional classical singer Edward Schneider gets his one chance to perform the part of Jesus Christ in the St. Matthew Passion by Johan Sebastiaan Bach. This is a great opportunity for him and together with his musical companion Jan Wynands he prepares himself of this onerous assignment. Soon it becomes clear that he is unable to perform the task. In his struggle to overcome his limitations he tries to experience the pain and suffering of Jesus and pushes himself beyond reality. He is found in his apartment, literally pinned down, bleeding to death and saved by "his" Maria Magdalena...

Originally filmed as a web series,and finally as a feature documentary, Being Heard follows six songwriters from inspiration to the performance of their individual, original songs. Using both group and self filming, these real life magicians take their story of music and lyrics while learning the value of collaboration.