Teenage Cecilia comes from a working class family. She lives with her mother, three brothers, and alcoholic father. Cecilia finds emotional relief and security with Tore, an older girl at her school.

Anne-May Nilsen
as Cecilia

Grethe Lill
as Tore

Atle Merton
as Kasper

Harald Haugen
as Cecilia's father

Sonny Berg
as Cecilia's mother

Knut Flom
as Örn, brother of Cecilia

Øystein Års
as Karl, bother of Cecilia

Per Finne
as Gustaf, brother of Cecilia

Thorbjørn Myhre
as Psychiatrist

Solveig Henrik-Eriksen
as Nurse Ruth