Set in Granada, Spain, an uncultured British tourist struggles to mend his broken heart; with his new foreign friends he crashes into the heart of the international student scene.

Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer-breeding Sami girl. Exposed to the racism of the 1930s and phrenological examinations at her boarding school, she starts dreaming of another life. To achieve this other life she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture.