 Goesta Eriksson, a hairdresser, buys a car from used-car dealer Bertil Planaaker. But Goesta soon discovers that the car is a wreck. Planaaker won t give him his money back, in fact he denies ever having seen Goesta. Goesta s brother Rolle is released from prison and promises to help him. They form an investment company, Parabola, and convinces Planaaker to invest a lot of money in it. Planaaker has a lot of shady business colleagues who also invest their money. Goesta s and Rolle s scam becomes much bigger than they had bargained for.