Various events of importance to the nation and to individual persons during the cold war and from about 1960 emerge as fragments of the memory of a little boy learning about life, about divorce, military occupation, the Beatles, little girls and death.

An aging man has to come to terms with the fact he can't contribute as much to society as he once did.

Áramótaskaup: 2013 is an annual Icelandic TV movie satirizing the events of the past year.