The 37-year-old ornamental chicken farmer Gaby whose life is turned upside down when an airman crashes on the land next to her farm. She lives with her 6-year-old son Kuif, her grumpy mother Mientje and a depressed rooster called Bouillion. Gaby not only loses her heart, but also her grip on her own created world. “The balloonist who fell from the sky” is a moving story about letting go of love, mourning and acceptance.