Paperboy Kurt walks in on his girlfriend cheating on him. Gry, his girlfriend, convinces him that what he saw was all in his head, and sends him off to a shrink. Everything goes downhill from there.
Synnøve seemingly has it all: a good job, a nice flat and a boyfriend on his way up. But she's stuck, and unhappy, and one night she decides to go back to her roots in the North.
On a dark night, under a full moon, a childless couple find a crying baby on their doorstep and decide to adopt him. As the years pass, they come to discover that their young son is not like other children.
A story of two siblings who for the first time spend a night without their parents, and are visited by strangers who ask for room for the night. Based on the novel by Norwegian writer Tarjei Vesaas.
