It stars Sofia Karemyr , Simon J. Berger and Josefin Asplund. Set against the backdrop of the election , the story is centred on delinquent teenager Iris Sofia Karemyr , who is sent to live in a juvenile home. She meets Sonja Josefin Asplund there and the two regularly slip away for adventures in the city. Together they are recruited to the prostitution ring operated by Dagmar Glans Pernilla August , a madam well-known to the authorities. Dagmar's clients are mostly rich and powerful men, including senior politicians of the day.
She becomes the subject of a police investigation led by a young vice officer, John Sandberg Simon J. Sandberg soon discovers Glans has powerful clients but also finds his investigation hampered by his superiors and his life threatened by sinister figures.
Police break up the prostitution ring but the powerful clients avoid being named in the scandal and Dagmar's trial concludes with her receiving a suspended sentence before Iris can testify about being an underage prostitute. In the aftermath of the trial, Sandberg is killed in a hit and run incident and his report into the affair is classified by the newly elected government.
The film ends with Iris running away from the juvenile home, her ultimate fate ambiguous. It went on to win the Silver Audience Award, which is voted for by the audience during the festival. It was later nominated in 11 categories at the 48th Guldbagge Awards , including Best film, Best Director and Best Screenplay, and won in four.
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