Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is a well-behaved, perfectionist girl who wants to go against the norm. She's an ordinary girl and longs for the same opportunities as her younger brother. This unique woman decides to run for president in 1980, at a time when equal rights were still far from reach. The fact that a woman would run for president is shocking enough, but the fact that she's a single mother makes it almost unimaginable.