No se conocen los detalles de lo que sucedió exactamente mientras Talib Ben Hassi estaba bajo custodia policial. Los agentes de policía Jens y Mike patrullaban por el ghetto de Svalegården cuando escucharon por primera vez por radio la noticia de la muerte del joven muchacho, dando así comienzo a una serie de altercados por parte de su vecindario. Ambos agentes acabarían viéndose implicados en lo sucedido posteriormente.
Danish journalist Rikke Lyngvig is taken hostage in Afghanistan by a terror group. With help from one of the terrorists, the young Nazir, Rikke manages to escape. On her return, she is soon declared the Danish Jessica Lynch and her career is launched into the spotlight. All the while Nazir flees from Afghanistan, heading for Denmark. When he finally seeks out Rikke, she is shocked and torn. Is she willing to help the man who threatened to kill her, and to jeopardize her new-found career? Their tumultuous encounter turns into an ill-fated confrontation with their own demons and a nation driven by a hunger for sensation and political populism.
