一处偏远的冰岛渔村，经济自主权正遭到大型企业冲击，一名上了年纪的渔夫拒绝将资产出售给大型企业，于是把三个儿女召回家乡经营家业。其实老大早就在公司帮忙，却始终感到无能为力，而且被他的老婆管得死死的；二姊在波兰学电影，后来下嫁懦弱的挪威老公；老三奥古斯都和他女友住在巴黎，宁愿当个词曲创作人也不愿意完成学业回到家乡帮忙。当一…

Karoline’s life is turned upside down when her father, Kjeld, manically starts digging a pit in their backyard. The following days turn into a living nightmare as the pit becomes a grave and the land, which has been in the family for gener…