The comedy-drama Guru is the story about the life coach Andreas Mertz (Simon Kvamm) who returns home to his childhood city Silkeborg to give the Silkeborgeners the courage to take their fate into their own hands. With his intense coaching programme "Go by yourself" and the release of his book "The Silkeborg Road", we follow the self-appointed super coach in his mission to transform the citizens of Silkeborg, and especially his old childhood friend, Ralph.

In his new film, an intriguing and delicately crafted drama, Malmros portrays the poignant story of a man, who grew up in very modest circumstances in the early years of the 20th century, but whose diligence, intelligence and willingness to endure hardship helped him to become a leading brain surgeon. A success story on the face of it, but a story about a man - who is none other than the director's father - a man of powerful emotions. The film explores the nature and origin of the guilt that repeatedly deprived him of happiness.