
Marilyn Jordan, an American, lives in Stockholm with her Swedish husband and family. Her behavior is bizarre, perhaps mad: she poisons the dog's milk and advises the dog not to drink it; she sets the sheets afire as her husband sleeps; she crawls under the dining table to sing. While detained at airport customs for carrying pruning shears, she meets a young Yugoslav woman and goes with her to a Gypsy enclave where she's fought over, takes a lover, helps with the sordid entertainment at a bar, and returns home more dangerous than before. The film also tells parallel stories of Marilyn's daughter becoming a junior homemaker as the young immigrant practices her striptease.

as Marilyn Jordan

as Martin Jordan

as Cookie Jordan

as Jimmy Jordan

as Grandpa Bill

as Dr. Aram Pazardjian

as Secretary

as Alex Rossignol

as Rita Rossignol

as Montenegro

as Tirke

as Hassan

as Mustapha

as Zanzi Bar Customer

as Piano Player

as Police Officer

as Customs Inspector

as 1st Policewoman

as 2nd Policewoman

as Tap-dancing Lady

as Cab Driver

as Bo Ivan Peterson