Karl killed his unfaithful wife and her child. He's haunted by her ghost and drinks heavily. Anna seeks love. They meet a widow, her son Peder, and adopted son Ante, who arrived by sea, forming an unconventional family dynamic.

Anna lives with her father Karl someplace in the outskirts of northern Norway. Karl killed his ex-wife and threw her newborn colored child into the sea when he discovered that she obviously had been unfaithful. Now Karl is being haunted by her ghost and is developing a serious drinking problem. Anna is looking for the love of her life, but there aren't many bachelors around - until they discovers another small family on the other side of the mountain. They meet a semi-alcoholized widow on Karl's age, her son Peder, and her black adopted son, Ante, that arrived from the sea on a piece of wood.—haddal