Kresten has moved from his parents farm on a small Danish island to Copenhagen in order to pursue his working career. When his father dies he has to move back to the farm, where nothing much has happened since he left. He places an ad in the local newspaper to get help running the farm and taking care of his mentally disabled brother. A prostitute named Liva, who is running away from annoying telephone calls, answers it. But running away from your past isn't easy. 地窖里的三船敏郎。 克斯顿才刚结婚，在哥本哈根大城美满上流社会的生活正要开始，不料却突然接到父亲的死讯，长久以来，他一直羞于让外人知道他来自乡下农场的家庭背，现在他必须重新面对自己的一切，不让新婚妻子了解，他赶回农场去料理丧事。 智能不足的弟弟路得是他要面对的第一个问题，为了照顾路得，克顿斯必须在老家的农场上待好长一阵子，在这段期间内，两人渐渐发展出良好的互动关系，克斯顿在报上刊登寻找管家启事，貌美的丽娃前来应徵，他的美貌使得克斯顿逐渐著迷。 另一方面，先前克斯顿所捉的谎言现在一一发生状况，他的新婚妻子不甘长期没有音讯的丈夫，便自己寻来，使他陷入一个混乱的状态，而丽娃的状况也不简单，她是个逃避色情电话的妓女，有抚养弟弟的负担，可是她又和克斯顿发生了感情……
