[1] An adaptation of Lars Saabye Christensen's 2012 novel Sluk,[2] it is set in a small town that is so economically depressed that the municipality hires Frank Farrelli (Pål Sverre Hagen) as a middle man for the increasingly frequent task of delivering bad news to inhabitants.
[1] The town of Karmack seeing a persistent streak of fatal accidents needs to fill the position of a Middle Man, a person taking care of casualty notification.
Frank Farrelli, having been unemployed for long enough and living with his mother, gets the job and the first opportunity to attend a notification in his official capacity arrives.
There Bob Spencer starts a petty argument with Steve and gives him a blow, who in turn experiences a severe traumatic brain injury and ends up in a coma.
Eventually, in exchange of favors, Frank asks Arthur Clintstone to knock up Bob, seeing him ultimately responsible for Steve’s death.