FrankTagliano('StevenVanZandt'),isaformerNewYorkmobster,whoaftertestifyinginatrialintheUnitedStates,Taglianojoinsthewitnessprotectionprogram.IntriguedbytheplaceafterwatchingtheWinterOlympicsin1994,heisrelocatedtoLillehammerinNorway.ThetransitionfrombeingafearedandrespectedgangsterinNewYork,tobecominganunemployedimmigrantinNorway,isnotsimple.FranksoondiscoversthatinordertosucceedinthisruralNorwegiansociety,hemustresorttohisoldways.
FrankTagliano('StevenVanZandt'),isaformerNewYorkmobster,whoaftertestifyinginatrialintheUnitedStates,Taglianojoinsthewitnessprotectionprogram.IntriguedbytheplaceafterwatchingtheWinterOlympicsin1994,heisrelocatedtoLillehammerinNorway.ThetransitionfrombeingafearedandrespectedgangsterinNewYork,tobecominganunemployedimmigrantinNorway,isnotsimple.FranksoondiscoversthatinordertosucceedinthisruralNorwegiansociety,hemustresorttohisoldways.