Far from the image of IKEA, sumptuous smorgasbord and exemplary welfare state, the Swedish homeless live in disused tunnels and box trailers. Pontus and his girlfriend Marina, bankrupted writers, nowadays collect scrap metal, stand by braziers to get warm, and live on the road. Despite the pressures of being social outcasts, they manage to stay together, though are no strangers to squabbling.

Then Pontus’s dream comes true which changes everything. He is accepted to study Mathematics at university, achieves top marks in his year, and becomes a media celebrity to boot. Meanwhile, Marina sinks into depression, her survival without Pontus unlikely. Apparently Pontus has escaped the vicious circle she is trapped in, though he is still homeless, and is openly critical of Marina’s tendency to blame others for her situation. What will become of these two oddballs?

An insider’s view of the minds of vagrants whose human spirits survive against all odds in a land where the sea easily freezes.