Maja, who is in her twenties, lives in Stockholm when a death within the family forces her back to her home village of Pajala. In Pajala lives her sister Sofia who is with the troubadour Johan. After the funeral, Sofia will accompany Johan on a summer tour around Tornedalen, and Maja decides to accompany. It will be a journey where questions about their origins and the future of Tornedalen are put at its peak.