The criminal Tom goes in and out of jail and feels he is getting destructive, where he can't distinguish between love and violence, endearment and toughness nor self realization and self destruction.

In a dystopian future set in the northern part of Norway, a big corporation have stripped the sea of fish leaving locals without food and income.

Knutsen & Ludvigsen have taken up residence in a tunnel in lack of a more suitable place to stay. But this is against the rules and norms of society. Thus, the authorities soon make their presence to demand that they show respect for the law. Knutsen & Ludvigsen are banned from the tunnel and they end up in a struggle for existence.

Lasse & Geir, two suburban boys in their late teens, kick up a row on the bus into town, making the driver call the police. They get arrested and have to spend the night in jail. The next morning they are sent home - Geir to his alcoholic mother, Lasse to his disillusioned and abusive father.