Karl Åge and Regitze host a summer garden party for close friends, their son, and his family. Karl Åge is quiet, detached; Regitze is spirited, lively. He thinks back: love at first sight during the war, living together unmarried, her mother's hunger strike when they won't baptize their son. Regitze is passionate and forthright; she speaks her mind. He remembers her inviting a derelict for Christmas dinner, and the man shows up with five bashful friends. He recalls her taking on their son's teacher when the man slaps the lad. He remembers her love of dancing and his fear that his social clumsiness might end their relationship. Now, in twilight, he has other things to face.

Kaj固执自傲，做过厨师，现住在一幢社会住房里。他虚度光阴，目前接受政府为长期失业者安排的融入计划。Kaj已经19年没有见过女儿Liv。凑巧的是，LIV不堪丈夫暴力离家出走，带着6岁的儿子Jonas住到了对面楼里。Kaj一直隐瞒自己的身份，但是一次偶然的机会他开始照料小Jonas……。

PUK SCHARBAU plays Lise Nørgaard in the epic film adaptation of her fascinating life story. In a chronicle of both love and war, masterfully directed by Peter Schroeder, we follow the woman who would later give us 'Matador', from her early childhood to her controversial career as a journalist with a Denmark of yesterday, and a Europe in flames as convincing backdrop.