A retired customs officer is forced to move with his wife to an assisted living facility for the elderly where he faces a meaningless existence. While his wife becomes liberated in the new surroundings he searches for a purpose in life and small things become major issues.

In a male-dominated society a single mother decides to run for president of Iceland. Vigdís' journey to that decision is an inspiring true story of a humble girl who fails repeatedly in life but never gives up.

Ditte Jensen is a retired Danish Secret Service field agent who moves into an apartment block in Reykjavík. A fanatic believer in the Nordic welfare state, Ditte is also a sociopath suffering from a Messiah complex – and in her world, the end justifies the means. Always.