Final do século 19. Lise tem 14 anos, é a mais velha entre os irmãos e também a primeira da família a frequentar a escola, o que a enche de esperanças para o futuro. Porém, quando sua mãe entra em trabalho de parto, a garota não demora a perceber que algo está errado. Conforme a noite avança e o parto prossegue, Lise começa a compreender que esse dia pode terminar com ela na posição de mulher da casa.
Grete
Há 17 anos, Karen Blixen desistiu da aventura na África e voltou para a Dinamarca para uma vida em ruínas. Destruída pela sífilis e arrasada por ter perdido sua fazenda e o amor de sua vida, ela se reinventa e se torna uma autora de sucesso. Agora, aos 63 anos, Karen Blixen é mundialmente famosa, mas também vive isolada, até conhecer o poeta Thorkild Bjørnvig, de 29 anos. Juntos, eles fazem um pacto: ela promete fazer dele um grande artista, em troca dele obedecê-la incondicionalmente.
Chris
In the grey city of Nordby, where they fear everything blue, lives the hotel receptionist Anne. She dreams of becoming one of The Grey, the city's protectors. One night Anne sees a blue cat by the hotel. She imminently calls The Grey to the scene, who unsuccessfully starts a mission to catch the cat. Meanwhile, a young and colourful couple, Al & Chris, arrive at the hotel. Their different way of looking at the world and dangers of the blue cat challenges Anne's faith in The Grey. When the cat suddenly gets caught in a trap near the hotel, Anne has to decide whether she wants to free it and leave the city, or turn it in to The Grey and keep following the city's strict code.
Maria
Christian and Malene are lovers. Although they are both only in their mid 20s, they have been a couple for a long time since they got together as teenagers. They have reached a point in life where a new phase has begun: adulthood. The pressure from their surroundings is starting to create doubt in both of them, and the question is whether they should be together at all.
Sara
It’s summer in Copenhagen, it’s a time of endless days and careless nights. Simon is a 23-year-old medical student. He and his friends party and drink and chase girls and wake up the next day to do the whole thing all over again. But it’s also a time of unrest and change among the boys. Dreams shatter, love hurts, and friendships dissolve.
Bodil
The men in the village are dying one by one. The disease is spreading, and so is the paranoia. It must be darker forces at play, and the villagers on the island have only one suspect - a beautiful but mysterious girl living in harmony with nature. But is the persecuted young woman also in pact with the devil, or is she innocent? She hides with her mother, Anna, who must now decide if she wants to protect her daughter, and would risk being ostracized, or believe in the accusations and sentence her own child to death.
Ida
