Denmark in the 70's. The teenager Christoffer's parents Nisse and Maria have decided to move into a commune because they want to try the alternative lifestyle But Christoffer doesn't like it and has trouble adapting. In school the others tease him because he lives in a commune As a plan from the elders in the commune he starts in a Maoist group to learn about the real ways of the society He doesn't like it but when his new girlfriend starts to see what he does as cool he goes into it But at the same time the police start to suspect him to be the terrorist who blows up telephone booths around Copenhagen.