Marianne Gustavsson

Four Swedish families, totaling 19 people, celebrated Christmas on the paradise beach in Khao Lak, 2004. At 10:45 on Boxing Day was only three adults and two children still alive. After the tsunami: how was it possible to live on - when all that is worth living for was gone? We get the surprising answer ten years later - in a gripping tale of deep friendship, love and the good in life.

At 18, right after the Second World War, Birgitta Stenberg bought a one-way ticket to Europe. Far from Sweden, she plunges into a wild life with bohemians from around the world. She falls in love, gets exploited, takes drugs, and exploits others. Her life is forever shaped by these years and these people. A life on the fringe. In The Wild Ones she travels to places like New York, Paris and Rome, returning to former lovers of both sexes. They face their choices and the consequences. Was it truly free to live like that? Was it worth it?

Soledad, Mattias, Bahar, Facundo, and Josselin were born in 1976 and were the first generation of young people to grow up in Husby. Now, almost 30 years later, they too tell their stories.