Marianne O. Ulrichsen
12-year-old Anna has volunteered to clear garbage along a beach in Northern Norway. There, she falls in love with the group leader Aaron, who awakens something intense in Anna that she has never felt before.
Eleven-year-old Ada experiences that her father forgets to pick her up at the airport. She is invited to a neighbor’s house to wait for him. There she meets Julia, a girl her age. Julia disapproves of being told to play with Ada. The two girls measure forces in the northern Norwegian nature. Free from the adult gaze they are approaching each other and a new identity.
Detectives Jonas and Erik are called to the midnight sun country of northern Norway to investigate a recent homicide, but their plan to arrest the killer goes awry, and Jonas mistakenly shoots Erik. The suspect escapes, and a frightened Jonas pins Erik's death on the fugitive. Jonas continues to pursue the killer as he seeks to protect himself; however, his mounting guilt and the omnipresent sun plague him with an insomnia that affects his sanity.
