Leonora Elisabeth Eriksen

Seven-year-old Solvej lives alone with her mentally ill mother in an apartment filled with canned food and dirty clothes. As her mother's mental illness worsens, it is up to Solvej to take up the fight and accept the circumstances that mother and daughter are faced with. Amidst the chaos, Solvej dreams herself away in her drawings, which come to life and carry her away from the world she has been placed in.

Ditte and Louise are two middle-aged actresses who realize that the only thing the industry has left to offer them are roles like mothers or as elderly prostitutes. That is why Ditte makes a radical decision: She dresses up like a man.