In a nursing home, resident Duke reads a romance story for an old woman who has senile dementia with memory loss.
A love story between two young men where one is the androgynous Sebastian and one is Andreas who is not gay. They form a unity. It's them against the polished Swedish IKEA society. They dream about escaping boredom and the risk of becoming what everyone else is. And then there is Ellie - the superwoman growing inside of Sebastian who Andreas loves and fears. This is the summer when everything happens and both of them will choose paths that will determinate their lives forever. It's a battle for love where Sebastian finally has to realise that he has to let Ellie loose, find the strength within himself and not let his happiness depend on someone else.
When the cargo ship Saint-Jacques docks at a seaport, the crew waste no time going ashore to enjoy the distractions offered by the town. As he wanders the streets after dark, one of the sailors, Jean, encounters an attractive prostitute, Bella, whom he mistakes for the one great love of his life.On the run from the police after killing a man, a steward on another ship takes refuge in Bella's modest quarters. Jean saves the man from certain arrest and then embarks on a romantic idyll with Bella. Discovering true love for the first time, the prostitute is sure that Jean will offer her a new life, but tragically it is not to be. Everything in life is a mere illusion…