故事发生在一座人迹罕至的边境小镇上。贾各布（法瑞斯·法瑞斯 Fares Fares 饰）、兰斯（G?ran Ragnerstam 饰）、安吉塔（西西拉·凯尔 Sissela Kyle 饰）和汉肯（Erik Ahrnbom 饰）供职于镇上的警察局。这个小镇实在是太安全也太平静了，镇上已经有十几年没有发生过任何的违法事件了。 　　这一情况引起了国家中央警察总部的注意，他们派出了探员杰西卡（伊娃·罗斯 Eva R?se 饰）来到镇上进行调查取证，如果有必要的话，他们将关闭那里的警察局，这也就意味着贾各布等人有可能面临失业的窘境。为了避免失业，贾各布一行人开始着手伪造一系列案件，与此同时，贾各布和杰西卡之间也碰撞出了爱情的火花。

In this film, a couple, after seeing the lovely job a friend of theirs has done in converting an old mill house into a cozy mansion, moves into an old farmhouse after persuading the current owner, an old man, to leave. When they arrive, he appears to be preparing to leave, but it soon becomes evident that the man has no intention of going to live with his children, and intends to stay in the house. At first, they find his presence unbearable, but when he must go to the hospital, they begin to realize that they care for the feisty old gentleman.　　~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Women on the Run. Vera has lived a wonderful life with Jindrich, and she is fully determined to fulfill his last wish - running a marathon. The emancipated and spirited mother of three daughters doesn't think that doing so will be a problem. She and her daughters will split up the route into four parts, and they'll overcome the over 42-kilometer-long challenge as a family relay team. Of course, the fact that neither of them has ever ran even a meter poses no problem.

多恩（希瑟·玛塔拉佐 Heather Matarazzo 饰）是一个非常平凡的青春期的女孩，样貌平平，也没有什么拿得出手的特长，扔在人堆里眨眼间就会消失。多恩一直觉得自己简直倒霉透顶，爸爸妈妈将注意力都放在工作和优秀的哥哥姐姐身上，对自己无暇顾及，而哥哥姐姐也觉得有这样一个普通的妹妹很没有面子，而对她冷言冷语。好不容易找到一个心仪的男生，却在鼓起勇气告白之后遭到了无情的拒绝。而反观自己周围的人，好像每一个人都过得比自己要快乐。　　终于，忍无可忍的多恩决定离家出走，或许外面的世界会比这里要好得多。然而，事实真的是这样吗？