11-year-old Polleke who grows up in the big city with her eccentric mother and in the meantime has to take care of her poet-junkie father. In the course of the film, Polleke learns the value of true friendship and experiences all the ups and downs that come with a real first great love. Madly in love with Mimoen, she is forbidden to associate with him. But his eyes as black as Africa keep haunting her ...