An artist must claw his way through, seemingly, everything in this moving drama. He struggles with the relationship with his daughter, with his art and with the mental mechanisms that make it difficult for him to be part of the world that the rest of us live in. A tour de force of familiar faces who play dazzlingly in this life-affirming film about all the big and difficult things in life.
Over the course of a week, sisters Inger and Ellen find their relationship challenged on a highly anticipated coach trip to Paris. Inger reveals her struggles with schizophrenia to the group, receiving both pity and discrimination. On arrival, it soon becomes clear that Inger has a hidden agenda concerning a figure from her past, ultimately involving the entire group in her hunt for answers.