Jim Olsson, eight years old, lives in a small, boring town. His father has passed away recently, but comes back in Jim's fantasies to tell stories. In his daydreams, Jim has all kinds of adventures.
Läkaren
John is the owner of a small publishing company. One day John meets the poet Clara and falls in love with her. A movie about jealousy and death.
Pettersson and Bendel are both worn, run-down and broke. Despite this they decide to start a business and become rich. Unexperienced they are open to any deal. They tamper, scam and exploit loopholes that exist.
La madre de Sven, débil mental, muere y él empieza a trabajar en la rica granja Hoeglund. Él tiene que trabajar sin sueldo y duerme junto a las vacas. Conoce a la minusválida Ana, que es la primera que lo trata como un adulto. Un día él, cansado del maltrato de Hoeglund, se muda con la familia de Anna. Sven (Stellan Skarsgård) es un inocente empujado a la violencia por la crueldad de otros.
A fairy tale and satire about a wealthy industrialist, whose son has been subdued and oppressed and totally uninterested in his father's business.
Shoemaker
A German businessman wants to buy land in southern Sweden for a gigantic amusement park, his new project called "Deutschneyland" (a wordplay of Deutschland and Disneyland). Some of the locals dislike the idea, including the magically talented Lindberg family, and work to frustrate the development plans.