Britt-Marie, a woman in her sixties, decides to leave her husband and start anew. Having been a housewife for most of her life and living in the small backwater town of Borg with few jobs available, she soon finds herself fending a youth football team.
Neuroscientist, Grigor Kazarian is about to reveal a monumental discovery in his field to the scientific community. But Grigor's past begins to catch up to him and makes him question the ethics behind his work.