纽约意大利黑帮头目弗兰克（Steven Van Zandt饰）因与新的家族老大不和，转做FBI的证人。在证人保护计划在移民到了挪威小镇利勒哈默尔（Lilyhammer，1994年冬奥会举办地）。此地风景秀美，堪称人间天堂。不过很快，富有"生意头脑"的弗兰克就重操旧业，干起 了黑帮的老买卖

Once a great curling star, Truls Paulsen is diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and banned from competition. But when he learns that his old friend and coach Gordon is on his deathbed, Truls, heavily-medicated decides to compete again, in the hopes of winning money for Gordon to have an operation in the US. Truls stops taking the meds and tries to convince his old team mates that he is mentally stable enough to lead them to victory in the Norwegian Curling Championship. But, is it a good sign that he obsessively insists his teammates pull their zippers all the way up before they can play?