Jan, a nurse and father in Nuuk, Greenland, was sexually abused by his father as a teen. He tries to connect with Greenlandic culture through sex, embracing the term "Kalak." He must eventually confront his abusive father.
The intense friendship between Karen Blixen, the Danish author best known for her autobiographical novel "Out of Africa," and Thorkild Bjørnvig, a young and promising poet.