After having success in Asia, businessman Aksel Borgen is asked back to his hometown in Norway to save an important local firm despite it being 20 years since he was sentenced and later acquitted for murdering his high school sweetheart.

'Acquitted' follows the story of Aksel Borgen, a Norwegian businessman who has worked his way to the top during his 20 years in Asia, having left his native town after being acquitted of the murder of his high-school sweetheart. When his hometown's cornerstone business is threatened with bankruptcy, Aksel returns to save the place that once turned its back on him. The past has not been forgotten. His arrival opens old wounds, and new conflicts arise as the past meets the present. tears old wounds apart and new conflicts arise as the past meets the present. 'Acquitted' shadows a battle of guilt, revenge,and hope of reconciliation; society is still judging the man who pleaded 'Not Guilty.'