Der Kreislauf depicts a unique game that is played on Belgium's beaches in the summer months. When the weather is good, one can find colorful flowers for sale in small, impromptu-build shops. But these flowers hate being watered or rained on, as they are made of paper. Der Kreislauf takes an intimate look at the young players. Flower shops have been open for business on the beaches of Belgium since at least the late 1920s.

A former kingpin of the streets, Miles “Cain” Skinner is doing life in prison. He is feared and respected among the inmates. When Cain learns that his sentence will be shortened only by brain cancer, his urgency to change his ways goes into overdrive.