About an American's reaction to the Danes' way of chatting about one another behind their backs. A rumor begins to flourish. A serious one. About death. perhaps even murder.

Journalist Ulla arrives on a small island with only one inhabitant,former star actor Phillip. Her goal is to find the truth about why he suddenly withdrew from the limelight several years earlier. Phillip refuses to tell about his past--but Ulla has a story up her sleeve that makes him thaw and reveal the whole shocking story.—Danskfilmskat