Bruden Dolly forbereder sig på at blive gift med Owen, men i sidste øjeblik begynder hun at tvivle på sin kærlighed til sin udkårne. Hun er nemlig tiltrukket af den charmerende Josef, som hun tidligere har haft en affære med.

In 1985, four middle-aged Yugoslav emigres return to Belgrade for the funeral of Mariana, their beautiful compatriot. They called her Esther, for Esther Williams, she was the coxswain for their four-man rowing team, and they each loved her. They'd last seen her in 1953, when they rowed her across the Adriatic, pregnant, to join her exiled father in Italy. In flashbacks we learn the story of their youthful baptism into sex, smoking, rock and roll (Hey Ba-ba-re-bop), Hollywood and Swedish films, blue jeans on the black market, and their rivalry with Ristic, the Communist Party youth leader for whom they had instant antipathy.

Dunderklumpen bor helt alene i en grotte i Jämtlands fjelde. En midsommeraften føler han sig så ensom, at han begiver sig ud for at lede efter venner. Han finder dem på drengen Jens værelse blandt hans dukker og legetøjsdyr, såsom Løven, Endumen og Pellegrillot. Dunderklumpen puster liv i sine nye venner og tager dem og en skattekiste med ud å eventyr. På rejsen støder de også på andre sjove væsener.

A series of surreal short scenes portraying a suburban family and their everyday rituals.

Rowing rider Klas Miggelsen is upset because his coach Breiting puts him in a boat together with amateur Heiner , How should he ever celebrate sporting successes with the beginner?