A young writer named Espen Arnakke tells the story of his escape from the small Danish town of Jante. Espen boards a ship headed to Newfoundland, but the harsh conditions on board makes him jump ship, and he ends up in the little town of Misery Harbour. There he meets the girl of his dreams. But his passion shifts to jealousy when one of the men from the ship mysteriously appears in town, and sets out to make Espen's life a misery.
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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Espen Arnakke
Stuart Graham
John Wakefield
Anneke von der Lippe
Jenny
Bjørn Floberg
Johan Hoeg
Hywel Bennett
The Captain
Margot Finley
Eva
Michael Wade
Stoker
Graham Greene
Burly
Knut Husebø
Cafe guest
Espen Haavardsholm
Cafe guest
Anne Krigsvoll
Cafe guest
John Sigurd Kristensen
Cafe guest
Jeanne Bøe
Cafe guest
Tonja Sitara Sanborn
Cafe guest
Sven Henriksen
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