Mona-Lis Hässelbäck

Sonja and Mirre, two 19-year-old Swedish trainee nurses, dream of a trip to Rome but heart-rending passion and minor money troubles get in the way.

On 13 December (St Lucy's Day), a bandit daringly robs a crowded post office. Within a fortnight, two witnesses are dead. Vice cops Johansson and Jarnebring, the first to the scene of the crime, pursue all leads and identify a suspect, an arrogant member of the elite secret police, assigned to guard the country's Minister of Justice. Just as they think they've tightened the noose around the suspect, loose ends appear, witnesses lose certainty, alibis arise, and even the cops doubt what they've seen. Who's protecting the suspect and why?

An Italian man emigrates to Sweden after getting tempted by the picture painted by his friend's letters but finds the reality quite different.