About living as Finnish minority in Swedish Lapland in the mid 1960s. Matti and Niila grew up in the harsh and conservative environment of a Finnish-speaking part of Sweden, near the Finnish border. Their big dream was to become rock stars. Eventually the friends went their separate ways. Matti became interested in girls and let down Niila and the band -- a transgression that Niila never forgave. In the present, the now grown-up Matti feels guilty about the death of his drug-addicted rock-star friend, Niila. Matti, who still lives in his old hometown in Sweden, carries Niila´s urn to the top of a Himalayan mountain, where Niila finally teaches Matti an important life lesson: if you are brave enough, and follow your heart, you eventually will reach the top.