A trip to Croatia to celebrate Inger's 60th birthday. The whole thing sounded like a great idea until Inger caught her husband having an affair. When the plane takes off for Split the depressed Inger and her two daughters, much too sensible Malin (35) and chaotic Tove (32) are on board. Tove has to struggle to be included in Inger and Malin's circle, the sister's rivalry over their mother is so strong it quickly escalates into a competition of who can comfort Inger the best.
El protagonista esencial de esta historia es un muchacho de Estocolmo que está obsesionado con la teoría de la luz y la oscuridad, que sirve para trazar una metáfora de cómo la gente puede reunirse o no. La trama lo sigue a él y a otros cuatro personajes igual de profundos que viven diversos conflictos de la gran ciudad sueca, un genio publicitario sin amigos, un adicto al trabajo, un tímido chico de clase alta con un amor secreto, y una mujer joven, todos vienen a darse cuenta de las duras verdades sobre el amor y la vida durante un par de semanas del otoñal noviembre.
Frank leads a respectable yuppie life working at a noted Stockholm law firm. He has also been married for eight years to his beautiful wife Nenne, who runs an upscale boutique. Yet Frank is deeply bored with his life and is supremely randy. He even fantasizes about the marriage counselor that he and Nenne visit weekly. Eventually, Frank shacks up with a young fetching art student named Sofia, though the experience wracks Frank with guilt. Meanwhile, Nenne's friend and co-worker Rosie suspects that Frank is having an affair, though she does not have the nerve to tell her. Little does Rosie suspect, however, that her friend is sleeping with her lover Georg, an uptight journalist with an ego the size of Finland. Soon wires get crossed, and all hell breaks loose.
Lotta is a five old girl living in Sweden with her mother, father, brother and sister. She is living the very normal life of all children of her age...
Un asesino enmascarado que mata siempre mujeres jóvenes está sembrando el pánico en un pequeño pueblo canadiense, hasta que finalmente la policía descubre su identidad y consigue abatirle durante un tiroteo. Cundo todo parece que va a volver a la normalidad, comienzan a producirse nuevos asesinatos, todos ellos idénticos a los cometidos por el asesino de la máscara. La policía piensa que ahora se trata de un imitador, pero hay alguien que no está muy convencido con esa teoría.
