Anders, who has just passed his student exam, runs away from home with Gerd, the loose-moralled daughter of an unmarried saleswoman, in the face of the parents disapproval. In order to remove her from her bad company in the town, Anders takes her to a deserted farm where he teaches her, somewhat against her will. the joys of simple living. Anders father and Gerds mother trace the couple and try to persuade them to come home, but accept their decision to stay, Gerds mother considering them a good match. One day a strange mand, Bengt, arrives who later turns out to be the owner of teh farm, and he persuades them to help him steal food from the local shop. Gerd is half attracted by him, and tries to use him to get away from Anders with whom she is getting bored. The police come to arrest Anders for the theft (Bengt and Gerd are hiding on top of the barn), but he is later released and returns to the farm convinced that Bengt has seduced Gerd. Finding Bengt sleeping in the barn, he knocks him unconscious, accidentally setting the barn on fire. Gerd appears and makes Anders drag Bengt from the fire. When he regains consciousness he says that he has had enough of their stupidities and throws them our, and they go off, reconciled, to wwait the birth of their baby. A low-key opening with the youngsters driving tenseley through the dusk, and long flashbacks to their unhappy meetings before, leads one to expect yet another picture of misunderstood youth in the underworld of the city. But it turns into quite a charming country idyll (shades of Summer with Monica) with a strong moral purpose. The lack of pompousness and the sympathetic observation of the characters make up for a certain superficiality, and the cliches are treated so lightly that they seem almost fresh.