A managing director (Ernst-Hugo Järegård) comes uninvited home to one of his workers and humiliates him and his girlfriend.
Ricky is 16 years old and lives with his older brother Frank and Mom and dad in a hotel that the family run. The time is the mid-fifties. The family is not happy, the brothers can not stand each other and dad Martin is weighed down by economic concerns.
Ernst, a waiter, has moved from Stockholm with his family to open up a hotel and restaurant in a small town. They all struggle for their existence.
