Frikjent plot
Aksel Borgen is acquitted at the age of 18 of the murder of his girlfriend Karine. The crime remains unsolved and to escape the accusing stares, he leaves for Asia. Twenty years later, a successful businessman, he returns to Norway to save the ailing energy company that forms the heart of his home city from bankruptcy. However, the wounds never healed. Despite his acquittal, people are still not convinced of his innocence.