The year is 1989 and Stefan works as a bus driver between Norrland and Murmansk. With him on the journeys is the Russian interpreter Jana which he has fallen in love with. He is prepared to do everything to win her love, but her mother sets an ultimatum - get a safe front door. Stefan has competition from a Russian and soon the contest is on, "who can give the mother the best door".

The widower Erik mourns his wife. He meets Doris, a cleaning lady from Poland with a passion for Doris Day. They start socializing and helping each other to break loneliness and isolation.