Episodefilm basert på tre noveller av Knut Hamsun, opdatert til moderne tid. Den første delen skildrer en maler som livnærer seg på å smugle ikonmalerier fra øst til vest. Den andre delen skildrer en dokumentar-regissør i ferd med å produsere en film om to søstre og deres skjebne. Den tredje utspiller seg i Frankrike der en ung kvinne tar livet av sin mann, uten å ane konsekvensene av det.

Tørst - Framtidens forbrytelser

Tanya is almost sixteen and angry. She is in love with Henrik and unhappy. Her mother has decided they're moving the very same day Tanya gets the job as drummer in Henrik's band, Limbo. It really isn't much fun having to leave behind everything you care about. Nor is it much fun having a mother who keeps on changing her boyfriends. And who doesn't understand that sitting in a coffee bar in town with friends is infinitely better than rummaging about in a field in the country. In fact it just is no good being 16 and being forced to abandon the things that really matter in life - love, friends and music. Unless you can find a way to run away from it all. But that takes courage. And money. Tanya gets a little less angry the day Lisbeth gives her a ride. Lisbeth who's always running around on her moped. And is a good laugh. Lisbeth who's got a boyfriend - Iver. Tanya thinks. Tanya who's only got her sheep dog Floyd. And her little brother Joachim. She thinks.