When Jacob's beloved sister Julie announces that she is to marry her Internet boyfriend Anker, Jacob is understandably suspicious. Still reeling from his sister's previous attempted suicide which left her seriously disabled, Jacob is devastated when Julie commits suicide in the bathtub of the hotel on her wedding night. His suspicions about Anker are raised further when he later tracks him down to the small town of Murk, and finds him now engaged to the handicapped Hanne.