[1][2] They also wrote the script for the film, which was based on a concept by Odd Grythe and Randi Kolstad.
The film takes place in the idyllic town of Solsund, where Per Haug lives.
He is a pharmacist, bachelor, amateur painter, and leader of the political opposition in the city council.
One day he rushes home from a stormy city council meeting and angrily paints a portrait of Mayor Abrahamsen.
When the friend travels home, he takes the portrait of their old school teacher painted by Haug.