The siblings Eydis and Kari are only five and six years old when their parents' marriage breaks apart. As their mother struggles to find her footing following the divorce, they are sent temporarily to a countryside children's home. But the stay turns out to be longer than they had ever expected.
Linda
Halldóra
Estamos en 1970. Black Sabbath acaba de grabar su primer disco, lo que marca el nacimiento del Heavy Metal. Al mismo tiempo nace Hera Karlsdottir, en el suelo de la granja en la que viven sus padres. Hera Karlsdottir es una chica que sufre por su propia incapacidad para dirigir su vida. Encuentra consuelo en el Heavy Metal y sueña con convertirse en una estrella de rock.
María
Kalli, a young boy living with his mother in the suburbs of Reykjavik, thrives in the world of movies and computer games. When he is sent to spend Christmas with his father's new family up north at an isolated farm, Kalli meets his stepsister, who he does not get along with. Soon he decides to run away, but only to be hit harder by reality and Kalli has to learn how to fight "real life" challenges while encountering imaginary and fictional creatures.