His friend Sixten dreams of becoming a football player so he can go to Paris and meet prostitutes in fur.

His mother supports the family by doing laundry, while his father, who is unemployed, struggles with alcohol and gambling.

Anders sends a manuscript for a book he has written about the block they live in to a publisher in Stockholm.

The mother blames the father, believing his violent behavior led to her infidelity.

[4] It was also entered into the official selection at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival, competing for the Palme d'Or.