Jacob, a journalist in his thirties, is coming to terms with his sister Julie's attempted suicide; she is now seriously disabled and wheelchair bound. Jacob feels somehow responsible. Meanwhile, Julie has struck up a romance on the internet with the slightly odd yet seemingly decent and kind Anker. The couple soon announce their intention to marry. After some initial doubts, Jacob accepts Anker as part of his sister's life, pleased that Julie has managed to find some kind of happiness. Jacob's girlfriend Nina has been struggling sometime to keep their relationship afloat and the fact that Jacob is now feeling better about himself gives her cause for renewed hope. But on her wedding night Julie commits suicide and the family is devastated. Months later. still haunted by the grief and armed with suspicions about the true circumstances of Julie's death, Jacob tracks down Anker to the village of Murk, an apparently peaceful yet desolate spot in provincial Denmark. here Jacob discovers that Anker is about to marry Hanne, another disabled woman...