Luke is a young man, he is 24. He has simple life and lives in the suburb of Amsterdam. Luke has also a girlfriend that he's known since he was a kid. Every day he and his buddies go to a pool center. Their motto is "live today and not tomorrow". But Luke has a dream - he wants to become a director. He is currently following an expensive filmmaking course. For a project for the course he needs to work together with Marlene. She has a more complex life and is from a different social class. Together they decide to do this project - Marlene will cover the making of Luke's movie as Luke decides to make a film about himself.

I don't know who I am - that's what it is', the seventeen-year-old curly redhead Jordi grumbles to his tough girlfriend. Under mother's wing, Jordi spends all his time on the Internet. His only adventure is a ride on the back of his girlfriend's motorbike. One day, a coincidental but shocking discovery on the Net forces him to start searching for his identity, away from his familiar environment. It takes him to a confrontation with his biological father who was supposed dead, but appears to live in Ireland and does not immediately press his lost son in his arms. Kilkenny Cross is a coming-of-age drama, in which the Dutch urban water landscape contrasts with the green hills of Ireland and the impassiveness of modern means of communication with the longing for human intimacy. A chat session between mother and son leads to an emotional climax. In a cameo role, female novelist Manon Uphoff explains what true love means.