Действие фильма происходит в альтернативной реальности, где конфликт на севере Европы заставляет малыша Джимми и его отца бежать вместе с миллионами других беженцев из Швеции на Ближний Восток.
It is the early 1980's. Ten-year-old Rasmus is tired of his parents never listening to him and decides to run away from home. But before leaving he records a cassette tape with different advice on how to handle life. His mother is pregnant and he plans to leave the tape for his unborn brother.