In 1975, the long slog of civil war has recently begun in Beirut. Two friends, Tarek and Omar, suffer during the Lebanese civil war. Conflicts arise when they decide to cross from West to East, crossing the Muslim-Christian line that divides Beirut.
Kassa a free-wheelin rasta man, falls for a straight laced gospel singer Serena, when they both meet as they enter a music contest. Serena's father the pastor forbids her to see him and wants her to marry one of his church members. Meanwhile the record boss organizing the contest, tries to get Kassa's band to sign to his label on his terms not theirs. By using heavy tactics, he pushes the band to fight back.
Driving back to Norway, Lina and Martin reach a roadblock where a policeman tells them to take a detour deep into the Swedish forest. But soon one creepy incident after another leaves them stranded in the dark woods and everything seems much too bizarre to be accidental.
Young film director Even Benestad tells the story of his own father Espen Benestad who is a transvestite and seeks his son's acceptance.
The story about detective Tore Sandberg and how he made in interest in the injustice that was made in a murder case against Fritz Moen.
Lars Kristian Gulbrandsen has made himself, his life and everything he is surrounded by into a living artwork. His abstract paintings are bought by some of the world's biggest galleries, but the local house wives and the bold fishermen see Lars Kristian as a nutcase, and view his paintings as meaningless dabs of colour and his house a chaotic garbage dump.
A grandmother's everlasting love of her husband who disappeared in Russia during WWII hides a well-kept family secret. Her granddaughter discovers a photo from India suggesting that something more is going on. It so happened that shortly after the war, someone opened a store in Bombay that was almost a carbon copy of the deluxe store that her grandfather used to run in Budapest.
