In 1952, Danish government officials select 16 Greenlandic children to participate in an experiment. They are removed from their families and accommodated in a children's home in Nuuk. Here, the headmistress is put in charge of turning them into good, Danish citizens in a long-term effort to bring Greenland out of its current state of destitution.
Karla, 13, takes pity on her friend, the orphaned Jonas who doesn't have a 'real' family. Inspired by the television programme 'Without a Trace', Karla accompanies Jonas on an exciting, but dangerous journey to a big city, where they believe they will find Jonas' biological mother.
Ask is married to Anne, and they have everything you could ever want. Good careers, lovely children, an apartment in Christianshavn, and each other. Everything appears to be just as it should be in a modern family faced with juggling work schedules, child rearing, and not least of all love.
