De geruchten is set in the mid-1960s. After an absence of three years, prodigal son and deserter in a colonial war René Catrijsse returns to Alegem, the village in West Flanders where he was born. His arrival triggers a series of mysterious incidents and sets tongues wagging. Pervaded with a sultry atmosphere of threat and destruction, the novel has all the makings of a whodunit, but at the same time they sketch a series of disconcerting portraits of disordered inpiduals in an oppressive, narrow-minded community. So plenty of material for an exciting cooperation between the actors’ collective Olympique Dramatique and Guy Cassiers.