Regitze is a little over thirty but still unemployed and single. A hopeless case, thinks her romantic academic father who never came along to tennis practice. Despite the thorny atmosphere, father and daughter are forced to go on a long hike together – which was the last wish of the deceased mother.
After Jason (9) is abandoned by his mother at a folk festival, he takes refuge in a forest cabin belonging to a mute loner. A series of circumstances eventually lead them to form a family - something both have lacked for a while.