Limpan is an alcoholic who has been put into a caretaking home for alcoholics. Hes promised a job on the outside, but hes not released from the home, so he runs away. He misses the job and gets caught and is brought back, but they wont accept him, since its after closing time. During a couple of days, he wanders back and forth between the home and the world, meeting several different people who all have their different problems, which Limpan confronts and all the time, theres the question of alcohol; to drink or not to drink.