A terrible storm causes hundreds of dikes to break in Zeeland , resulting in the North Sea flood of 1953 . Julia , a single mother living with her parents , is caught in the middle of the catastrophic flood . She is rescued from drowning and taken to safety by her neighbour Aldo , who is a member of the armed forces . However , her baby is left in a wooden box in the attic of Julia 's parental home . Together Julia and Aldo return to the disaster area to look for the baby . When they finally find the box , it is empty , and they conclude that someone must have taken the child . The child ended up with a woman who recently lost her own baby in a car accident . Julia met her but because the woman did not want to lose the baby , she hid him from Julia . Eighteen years later , Julia meets her son and the woman again and she finds out what has happened
North Sea flood of 1953
North Sea flood of 1953
The Storm (2009 film)