Kristoffer lives on the verge of poverty, just barely supporting himself on his photographic work and an allowance given him by his ex-wife to support their child. He is staying in his absentee mother's large old house, which she is preparing to sell. When he takes a photograph of a man who died by his own hand, the image fascinates him. He grows obsessed with the dead man's story and pushes his research as far as it will go.

Thommy Berggren
as Kristoffer

Agneta Eckemyr
as Hanna

Börje Ahlstedt
as Börje

Mimi Pollak
as Grandma

Gunnel Broström
as Mother

Pia Garde
as The Sick Girl

Birgitta Andersson
as Helena

Per Oscarsson
as Kräftan

Majlis Granlund
as The Sick Girl's Mother

Linda Megner
as Frida