欧维(罗夫·拉斯加德 Rolf Lassgård 饰)是一个刻板而又固执的老头,他的妻子半年前死于疾病,留他一人生活在这个混乱不堪的世界之中。每天早晨,欧维都会定时在社区里进行巡视,确认所有的车辆都停在应停的位置,呵斥违反规定私自驶入社区的车辆,赶走四处乱转破坏环境的猫狗,在社区居民眼里,欧维是“来自地狱的恶邻”,可每个人都明白,这其实是欧维对于社区爱之深刻的表现。 某一日,欧维遭到了上司的解雇,离开了恪守了几十年的工作岗位,心灰意冷对现世了无牵挂的欧维决定自杀。然而,就在这个节骨眼上,一位名为帕维娜(巴哈·帕斯 Bahar Pars 饰)的女子和丈夫带着两个孩子搬到了欧维的隔壁,成为了欧维自杀计划的绊脚石。59 year old Ove is the block's grumpy man who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but he could not give a damn about being deposed and therefore keeps looking over the neighborhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family moves into the terraced house opposite and accidentally backs into Ove's mailbox it turns out to be an unexpected friendship. A drama comedy about unexpected friendship, love and the importance of surrounding yourself with the proper tools.