Set in Oslo in the late eighties, it is based on a book by Ingvar Ambjørnsen from his series Pelle og Proffen.

While they try to help Lena she runs away, they get beat up, and watch people overdose at the central train station in Oslo.

The film deals with issues including drugs, troubled teens and their parents, and child pornography.

The scene where Lena is at Pelle's home for the first time and he suggests they spend the night together, was shot on one of the first days of filming.

In the scene, 16-year-old Helle Beck Figenschow is seen removing all her clothes in front of Håvard Bakke.