Night at the bakery. When everyone else is sleeping, Erik the baker works alone. All is quiet except for the sound of his radio, always tuned to the same late-night joke programme. Erik practices his own jokes while he kneads the dough in the hopes of getting on the air and be named Joker of the Week. Meanwhile the distance grows between him and his family at the dinner table.
Liva Wichfeld is preparing to take up the position as leader of the anti-abortion party Freedom and Responsibility. When she becomes pregnant, her personal and political convictions begin to waver.
