1953年1月31日晚，一场史无前例的洪水让荷兰处于水深火热之中，西南地区加高的堤坝仍然未能挡住凶猛来袭的洪水，水灾将荷兰的泽兰省、北布拉邦特省和南荷兰省的20万公顷土地以及3千多座房屋吞没，1835条生命在水灾中丧生，七万二千多人无家可归，为了纪念这场洪灾，导演本·桑伯加特推出了电影《暴风雨》，影片展现了荷兰近现代最惨重的一次自然灾害，这部影片的出台也引起了较大的轰动，毕竟有很多幸存者不想去追忆那段经历，会让他们的痛苦感增加
　　《暴风雨》通过讲述一段年轻母亲寻找在水灾中失散儿子的故事，来呈现那次水灾给人们带来的苦难，这位名叫朱丽亚的母亲在寻找儿子的过程中受到了一位英俊士兵的帮助，而他正是在洪水来袭时救了朱丽亚的那个人，二人一起去寻找朱丽亚的儿子，这期间遇到了很多在洪水中逃生的人和事。

On the night of January 31, 1953, an unprecedented flood left the Netherlands in dire straits. The incoming floods engulfed 200,000 hectares of land and more than 3,000 houses in the provinces of Zeeland, North Brabant, and South Holland in the Netherlands. 1,835 lives were lost in the floods, and more than 72,000 people Homeless, in order to commemorate the flood, director Ben Sambergert launched the movie "The Tempest", which shows the worst natural disaster in modern times in the Netherlands. The release of this film also caused a big sensation After all, many survivors don't want to recall that experience, which will increase their pain

"The Tempest" tells the story of a young mother looking for her son who was lost in the flood to present the misery that the flood brought to people. With the help of a handsome soldier, and he was the one who saved Julia when the flood hit, the two went to find Julia's son together, during which they encountered many people and things that escaped in the flood.