젊은 두 남녀의 사랑을 다룬다. 이들이 함께 경험하는 불확실성, 두려움, 상냥함 그리고 즐거움이 영화 속에 묘사된다. 하지만 그 이면에는 복지 사회에서 길을 잃은 부모 세대들의 현실이 존재한다. 그들은 자동차 수리센터와 냉장고 대리점에서의 무료한 일상을 이어가며 미래를 향한 꿈을 잊고 살아간다.
A girl of 14 is embarrassing her foster parents. She exposes herself to a homeless and police. It turns out that the girl has had sex with various men in exchange for a little kindness and chocolate. At fornication trial she has to face the city's municipal chief, who also has abused the girl.
Set on the island of Ven in the 1920s, Ellen is engaged with Per the sailor and waits for him while he is away at sea. She works as a maid in a rich family where Robert, the black sheep of the family, tries to seduce her. This leads to a rumour she has been unfaithful to Per. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Christer is a teenager who prefers to spend his time on motorcycles instead of his studies which doesn't impress his father. There is also a youth motorcycle gang terrorising the local girls but Christer doesn't dare to stand up to them, leading to his humiliation. One day he comes into contact with a professional speedway racer who takes him under his wing.
