A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.

We follow the residents and personnel of Lykkebo, a mental institution, while they face foreclosure.

The story centers on a group of gossipy, high-society women who spend their days at the beauty salon and haunting fashion shows. The sweet, happily-wedded Mary Haines finds her marriage in trouble when shop girl Crystal Allen gets her hooks into Mary's man.

The tale of a troubled small town, and the brave few who made it their mission to keep the community together. As the citizens of a secluded Danish town gradually lose their trust in one and other, the sight of a naked man walking through town in the early hours of the morning sets off an unsettling wave of paranoia.

A young man spurs romance and helps his friend and himself go through the struggles of their ordinary life in Denmark.