Four friends: A history professor, psychologist, economist, and physical education teacher decide to test Finn Skårderud’s scientific theory that a person has a blood alcohol deficiency from birth and needs to be a bit unconscious to achieve happiness. A glass of wine in the morning, a mug of beer for dinner, whiskey in the evening..
They try to cope with the hardships of life with alcohol and to deal with problems at work or at home, but in this overly bold experiment, it is difficult to maintain a golden balance and not cross the line. A unique alcoholic masterpiece by the Danish director Thomas Vinterberg, whose characters, ordinary people, try to just live, just be friends and just love… And all this against the background of an integral part of modern society and a powerful beast, alcohol.