Un viaje te puede cambiar la vida. Lo descubren Krister y su prometida Brita cuando, tras una temporada de ausencia, descubren que los agujeros legales podrían dejar a Krister sin su herencia paterna.
Selma and her friend Agatha are watching a movie on TV. Agatha starts to talk about older men and their dangerous age, but Selma can't image that her husband Fridolf is among those.
A comedy mystery involving the composer and cartoonist Hubert Yrhage, the journalist Gary Lundberg, anticartoon campaigner Lena Lett, the mysterious Jens Myskovich and music publisher Darling Karlsson. Yrhage receives his manuscripts from an 11 year-old whose inspiration comes from the mysterious events at a boarding house where several of the characters stay.
Susanne es dueña de una agencia de modelos en Estocolmo. Doris, su modelo más popular, tiene una discusión con su novio, Palle, justo antes de que ella vaya con Susanne a Gotemburgo para ser fotografiada en una nueva colección. En Gotemburgo, Doris se encuentra con un cónsul de edad avanzada, que ve en ella un parecido sorprendente con su esposa, ahora en un hospital psiquiátrico. El cónsul satisface los deseos de Doris, comprándole ropa fina y joyas, y los dos pasan un día emocionante juntos, hasta que llega la hija del cónsul y, sin piedad, expone el egoísmo de su padre.
Gösta is a lorry driver and has been married to Birgitta for eight years. Their marriage is only held together by their daughter. Gösta picks up girls along the roads and during a drive to Malmö he stumbles on the singing actress Irene. Gösta is captivated by her romantic presence and her joy of life. Besides picking up women, Gösta is sometimes affected by sudden seizures. His wife is unaware of this.
A ring passes between a lot of different people, giving the bearer or someone close a new meaning to life. Actors, embezzlers, old ladies and cheated husbands all seem to gain temporary hope from misery and disillusionment.
