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This Flemish sitcom is entirely about the entirely wacky lower-class family Backeljau, which always speaks the most common Antwerp dialect. It consists of father François 'Cois' Backeljau, his wife Maria, the rather cunning Bomma ('granny' Thérèse, his mother), the even older pet (in dog years) Blacky, their son Franky and his wife Janine, daughter Sabrina and her husband Antonio and little nephew Lionel, the youngest but more intelligent then all his dumb relatives together and various lovers, friends and regular guests, such as the mailman and the policeman.

Cinematographic adaptation of the first three performance from Ultima Vez/Wim Vandekeybus: "What the Body Does Not Remember" (1987), "Les Porteuses de Mauvaises Nouvelles" (1989) and "The Weight of a Hand" (1990).

As the Dutch title (literally 'strong tales') indicates, this simple Flemish format contains only independent short stories, without common cast members or plot lines, nor a story-teller or permanent skeleton cast, not even a single genre or tone. The contexts vary greatly, the characters accordingly, and each plot is meant to lead to a surprising, original punchline.

In this documentary Luk Wijns and Paul Schrijvers guide the viewer through (a part of) the center of Brussels.