Mayor Henning is married to Gerd , but is secretly in love with the young widow Eva , and abusing his position as mayor to seduce her . Hairdresser Svein ' adds hair ' on old ladies , but dreams of a life in Spain . Randi and her partner Amund live in a mobile home , but stranded in Riverfront Sund where Randi takes a job as a teacher substitute . Pastor Jonas struggling with declining membership of the church , but when he , somewhat unwillingly , incurs a reputation of being able to heal people , it changes rapidly.