
A young writer named Espen Arnakke tells the story of his escape from the small Danish town of Jante. Espen boards a ship headed to Newfoundland, but the harsh conditions on board makes him jump ship, and he ends up in the little town of Misery Harbour. There he meets the girl of his dreams. But his passion shifts to jealousy when one of the men from the ship mysteriously appears in town, and sets out to make Espen's life a misery.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Espen Arnakke

Stuart Graham
John Wakefield

Anneke von der Lippe
Jenny

Bjørn Floberg
Johan Hoeg

Hywel Bennett
The Captain

Margot Finley
Eva
Michael Wade
Stoker

Graham Greene
Burly

Knut Husebø
Cafe guest
Espen Haavardsholm
Cafe guest

Anne Krigsvoll
Cafe guest

John Sigurd Kristensen
Cafe guest
Jeanne Bøe
Cafe guest
Tonja Sitara Sanborn
Cafe guest
Sven Henriksen
Hovmester