Young Pietari lives with his reindeer-herding father in arctic Finland. On the eve of Christmas, a nearby excavation makes a frightening discovery and an evil Santa Claus is unleashed…

When Norwegian scientist Marie attends a seminar in Paris on the actual weight of a kilo, it is her own measurement of disappointment, grief and, not least, love, that ends up on the scale. Finally Marie is forced to come to terms with how much a human life truly weighs and which measurements she intends to live by.

Elling has lived with his mother all his life. Mom is the practical one, while Elling ponders the more theoretical aspects of life. He spends his time in their apartment reading books and looking at the neighbours through the living room window. Elling doesn't seem to need to be around others like most people. That's why Elling is less than enthusiastic when his mother suddenly decides to take her son on a beach vacation to Spain. Reluctantly, Elling agrees. After all, a lady at her age needs a good man by her side. But what Elling refuses to realize is that Mom is not only old, but also sick. Very sick. On her last vacation she tries to get Elling to see that life is bigger than their living room.

艾林（皮尔·克里斯汀·艾勒夫森 Per Christian Ellefsen 饰）年近四十还和母亲生活在一起，如今，母亲不幸去世，艾林彻底成为了生活无法自理的“孤儿”，最终，他被送入了疗养院。在疗养院中的生活有如坐牢，一晃眼两年过去，他被安排和一位名叫谢尔（斯文·诺丁 Sven Nordin 饰）的男人成为了室友，入住了位于奥斯路的公寓。
真正的挑战这才要开始，两个男人老大不小，却犹如雏鸟一般在社会中举步维艰，连电话也不会使用的他们该如何靠着自己的力量生存下去了？然而，艾林和谢尔必须证明他们的能力，因为如果两人无法适应社会，他们将再度回到没有自由的疗养院之中。