Peter Seeberg

When Leo gets into a fatal car accident, his position in life changes. The events surrounding the accident shed light on people's relationships with each other - their changing roles as helpers and helpless.

In 1890, Pontus, the starving writer, wanders the streets of Christiania, in search of love and a chance to get his work published. All he meets is defeat and suffering while his sense of reality is withering. One moment he is delighted and the next he curses everybody. All the time he manages to maintain human dignity and pride.