Thorbjörn, an opera singer from Berlin, visits his parents in his Icelandic hometown. While they're planning a party for his 40th birthday, Tobbi rather wants to hide away.
Harald
After a 13-year-old student disappears without a trace for a week and suddenly reappears, his mother and teachers are confronted with existential questions that change their whole view of life.
Kenneth
Theres and Kenneth are both young when they first meet whilst on holiday. They fall in love but are unable to prevent themselves from losing each other. Thirty years later, in another country, another couple: Ariane leaves her husband David because she no longer loves him. The paths they both take lead them to Kenneth and Theres.