Nanna is a single mother in Reykjavík who lives with her twenty something son Gudni Geir. She is not in awe of any of his various girlfriends and seems determined to ruin all his relationships. When Gudni comes out to her, their relationship changes drastically.

1973, the Vietnam War is coming to a close as the world buckles under new attitudes and changing priorities. Far from the din of history, in a small village in southern Iceland, a young man falls for a soldier at the nearby US army base.