Haakon Arnold

Petter and Kari meet, fall in love, and get married. But it is not easy for a young couple of limited means to find a place to live. Moving in with Petter's parents proves impossible, Kari can't endure her mother-in-law's constant interference. Trying to build a house of their own is halted by so much red tape, and affordable rentals is hard to come by. When Kari gets pregnant things doesn't get any easier. (imdb)

Ester (Randi Kolstad) has married into a wealthy family which lives in ignorant bliss about the world's problems. She doesn't get along with her mother-in-law (Ellen Isefjær), who thinks she married her son Hartvig (Arne Lie) only for the money. Ester knows the dark sides of life, and prepares for a showdown with her in-laws, who've always lived on the sunny side. (imdb)