En un momento de cobardía, el detective Carl Mørck envía a Rose, su colega novata en el Departamento Q, a la remota isla danesa de Bornholm para responder a las repetidas solicitudes de su antiguo colega Christian Habersaat. Pero durante su ceremonia de retiro forzado, Christian se suicida y envía a Rose a un viaje hacia las profundidades de su propio pasado traumático. Más tarde, el recién comprometido Carl llega a la isla donde él, Rose y Assad se ven envueltos en un viejo caso sin resolver de una niña encontrada muerta.
A finales del siglo XIX, dos emigrantes suecos, Lasse Karlsson y su hijo Pelle, llegan a la isla danesa de Bornholm con la esperanza de encontrar trabajo en una granja y ahorrar suficiente dinero para viajar a los Estados Unidos de América.
Based on director Lotte Svendsen's 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!
The men in the village are dying one by one. The disease is spreading, and so is the paranoia. It must be darker forces at play, and the villagers on the island have only one suspect - a beautiful but mysterious girl living in harmony with nature. But is the persecuted young woman also in pact with the devil, or is she innocent? She hides with her mother, Anna, who must now decide if she wants to protect her daughter, and would risk being ostracized, or believe in the accusations and sentence her own child to death.
Arthur is obsessed to get the girl he loves the most, Sofie. He does everything to get her. But a little too much alcohol for a party turns out to be a stupid choice, in the middle of his heartaches!
When Rasmus was 15, his mother and siblings moved from the island Bornholm and left Rasmus with his mentally ill father. Influenced by his father's insecurity, anger and failure, Rasmus chooses to move from Bornholm at the age of 18. Two years later, Rasmus is trying to see if a reunion is possible, but in order to forgive and create a new relationship, father and son must go on a common journey that requires extreme courage and determination to succeed.