FULL SYNOPSIS
In this Norwegian melodrama, a pre-adolescent girl is warded to an elderly peasant couple who live on a small island. The story reflects her view of a dramatic increase of violence upon the island. One day she observes a fisherman offering o pay the town simpleton money to tear a man's head off. She finds a tragic romance with a depressed, and ill teenage boy who dies after a failed attempt to kiss and embrace her. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi