Metin is a small time hustler in a Stockholm suburb, filled with big dreams but bogged down by the circular world of street crime. Things change when his secret diary becomes a hot item for a posh book publisher, and Metin must decide if he's really up to the challenge that is leaving his criminal life behind.

The unemployed engineer Kenneth devotes all his time building hobby models. On his way to an imposed job interview, Kenneth runs in to the marine scientist Sten, who offers him an assistant job down at his shipyard. Kenneth’s heavily pregnant partner Marta draws a sigh of relief, but what begins with a simple painting job gradually develops into suspicious investigation work.