Lotte and her father moves in with Kristin, a former beauty queen, and her daughter, Vendela. Kristin is grooming Vendela to win the Little Miss Norway contest, and as a result both girls get more and more preoccupied with their looks. When Lotte is allowed to participate in the contest, it soon becomes clear that being too vain can be a frightening experience.

Last summer Kristian celebrated finishing school with Interrail in Europe. A year later, the situation is completely different and Kristian is hospitalized with cancer. Unvarnished and unsentimental, we are presented with both his own and his friends' reactions to the disease.