A series of four stories written by the Dutch writer Heere Heeresma, interpreted by four different directors. A confirmed bachelor bumps into his secretary after work. An old man just wants to be left alone at Christmas time. A former sailor yearns to get back to the sea, away from his clarinet playing wife. A shopkeeper in a rowboat gets into an argument with a postman on a bicycle.
Unfortunately the movie Melancholy tales is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Bas van der Lecq | Director |
| Directing | Guido Pieters | Director |
| Directing | Ernie Damen | Director |
| Directing | Nouchka van Brakel | Director |
| Camera | Theo van de Sande | Director of Photography |
| Production | Matthijs van Heijningen | Producer |
