Tore Andersson is a depressed 43 year old sport journalist living in Stockholm. His girlfriend has left him so he decides to take a vacation in Cyprus.
Nisse and Greta, a middle-aged married couple, sit and watch TV. To their surprise they get to experience their own life's in a TV show being broadcasted.
Suecia, 1782. Jacob, un joven noble, alocado y algo vehemente, retorna de sus estudios en Francia. Después de su ausencia, le alegra volver a su hogar, pero le hace más feliz reencontrarse con su querida hermana Charlotte. Sin embargo ésta se ha prometido al barón Alsmeden, hombre de gran influencia en la corte, lo que despierta en Jacob un sentimiento parecido a los celos.
Gun and Robert are in love, but both are unfaithful during Robert's military service. For Gun, this results in her becoming pregnant and for Robert an infection of syphilis.
