This film is set in 1943 Malmö, when the rest of Europe was embroiled in World War II. It deals with attraction of a 15-year-old boy Stig to his teacher Viola. The film revolves at first around the sexual encounters between Stig and Viola; then, as the plot develops, Stig forms a close friendship with Viola's husband Frank, a hard-drinking salesman who is quite aware of what is going on with his wife adultery but does nothing to prevent it.