Based on director Lotte Svendsens own memories of her childhood on the Baltic island of Bornholm but though it is set in 1981 the conflicts portrayed do not seem far away At the start of the film Lars Erik and his wife Sonja are doing well on the Baltic island of Bornholm Lars Erik is a successful fisherman Sonja is a traditional housewife proud of their new house bulging with consumer goods Their love for each other is the sturdy footing on which their home is founded Lars Erik employs three men on his trawler and spends as fast as he earns so when fishing quotas are cut he faces a crisis One by one his men leave the boat but he refuses to give up Being a fisherman is like being a farmer you depend on the wealth of mother nature herself However mother nature is like romance highly capricious
