Lennart Gentzel

Asker is always aftemoney and everybody knows he doesn't have any scruples. He gets accused of stealing a lottery ticket from the mentally-handicapped Musse. Simultaneously he meets a man at a café named Claes Douglas who promises to pay Asker if he does a favour for him.

The Runeberg family is an ordinary middle class family, with a house in a suburb, a car and three children. By vacationing in a rented house by the sea, the hope is that the tension and anxiety between Rune and Gunnel will disappear. However, instead of spending time with his family, Rune finds himself attracted to a young man, Petrus. Whatever happens next, Rune realizes, it can never be like it was before.

Em 1909, o estudante de teologia Henrik Bergman se apaixona por Anna Åkerbloom, jovem de uma família rica que é contra o namoro do casal. Anos mais tarde, eles se casam e se mudam para uma cidade onde terão que enfrentar suas diferenças.