A group of women are work-mates at a laundry. Rike is spreading a rumor about the manager Marta, a rumor that Marta is gay and that she once tried to seduce Rike. This leads to an explosive situation at the work-place.
The journalist Gunnar meets the cancer-patient Seija and love arises. Seija has only a short time left to live. The doctors advice her not to become pregnant, because radiotherapy could ...