A tale of murder and marriage in 1625 Denmark.

After three long years, the young legal secretary Bodil is reunited with his former girlfriend Carsten. Their love affair flares up again, but...

Eight separate family dramas (uncovering many aspects of deceit) are woven together to the sound of a certain Chopin waltz.

Henrik and Emilie Schultze rent the Hotel Paradis in a small, poor fishing village by the coast.