Kjærsti Odden Skjeldal

Astronauta, guardabosques, dibujante de cómics. La joven Rakel tiene un montón de planes antes que convertirse en madre. Ella preferiría salir de fiesta, emborracharse o drogarse antes de estar sentada horas en el lavabo. Pero Rakel está embarazada.

On the surface 19-year-old Mirjam's life appears perfect. She is a world champion freestyle disco dancer and the pride of her modern, evangelical church. Yet her body is calling out for help and at the dance world championships, where she is defending her title, she collapses on stage. Her family's solution is for her to focus more on her faith. In search of answers, she turns to a stricter, more conservative church.

A mother struggles to deal with her daughter's violent sleeping disorder.

The evening before Christmas eve, Vilde is hanging out with her friends at the central station, when she learns that her mother has been in an accident. She is forced to contact her biological father, but wants to run away to Tokyo.

The starting point for the short story is a piece of music composed by K.A. Knutsen (Syntax TerrOrkester) and a concept developed by producer Simeon Frohm. Four directors have each been given a visual image of an audio file, as well as a title and length limitation as a starting point to create each chapter of the film. None of the directors have heard the sound, this has been mixed and completed based on raw versions of the film chapters. Common to the chapters is that they deal with the term "Garden" and its associated chapter title. The landscape of Utsira, where the film was filmed, lays the foundation for aesthetics.

Joachim is 25 years old. His charming smile veils the daily battle he fights within himself as he struggles to manage a heroin addiction. He smokes everyday and tries to quit almost every other. He hates the drug and the control it has over him, but it removes his pain. His loneliness. After years locked in a cycle of abuse, Joachim is on the verge of a breakdown. He gets an unexpected call from his ex-girlfriend, Maria. She's been arrested and is worried about their 5-year-old son, Lukas. Joachim hasn't seen Lukas since he was born, and she begs Joachim to take care of Lukas until she's released. Without much of a choice and thinking it will only be for a few hours, Joachim agrees. To his own surprise Joachim wants to keep Lukas. He wants a reason to be the person he thinks he is - a responsible man. A sober man. A father.

Anders pronto finalizará un tratamiento en un centro de desintoxicación situado en el campo. Como parte de su terapia, una mañana le autorizan a ir a la ciudad para presentarse a una entrevista de trabajo. Aprovechando este permiso, se queda en la ciudad vagando y encuentra a gente que hacía mucho tiempo que no veía. Anders, de 34 años, inteligente, guapo y de buena familia, está profundamente perturbado por las oportunidades que ha desaprovechado y por las personas a las que ha decepcionado. Todavía es joven, pero siente que su vida ya ha terminado. El día se termina y se anuncia una larga noche en la que los errores del pasado suscitarán la posibilidad del amor, de una nueva vida y de la esperanza de imaginar un porvenir a partir del día siguiente.

Varg Veum descubre que hay mucho que no sabe sobre su novia, Karin. Cuando su hermana desaparece promete a Karin encontrarla, pero es puesto en un dilema cuando descubre que ella fue convertida en prostituta por unos proxenetas cínicos. Y no duda en liquidar a quienes se interponen en su camino. En un momento fatídico Varg deja a la hermana y esto tiene graves consecuencias para todos.

Two former student buddies meet over a beer, something that puts the life of one of them in a new light.