埃丝特是一位绘本作家，托马斯是一位插画家。埃丝特被托马斯平静而奇特的魅力所吸引，而托马斯则被埃丝特狂野的热情所淹没，天雷勾动地火，两人走到了一起。然而多年以后，一场突如其来的灾祸降临他们家。这一天，诸事尤为不顺，托马斯竭力维持着生活中摇摇欲坠的一切，并不由自主地开始回忆自己遇到埃丝特的第一天。

Opening in the seductive style of the sixties, »A Funny Man« uncovers the perennial loneliness that comedian Dirch Passer (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) has found himself in after a fast-tracked rise to fame. He struggles between his own desire to gain critical respect and servicing the audience¿s needs. Costing his kindred friendship to on-stage partner Kjeld Petersen (Lars Ranthe) Dirch takes on Steinbeck's classic »Of Mice and Men«, only for the audience to break out in laughter at his first line. Dirch's Lennie becomes a running joke, and so has, Dirch believes, his own life.