German businessman Carsten Neuer travels to Norway to finish the impossible translation of some Norwegian poems by Tarjei Vesaas into Chinese, a project begun by his late wife.
To that extent, he hires Niko, a down-on-his-luck tour guide, to drive him to the poet’s home and places of inspiration, hoping to stimulate his own translation.
On the road, the ghost of Carsten’s wife appears to him, while Niko struggles with the sudden consequences of his girlfriend’s pregnancy.
It is during this journey that the two very different men come to realize the transforming power of love, the limits of language, and the need for friendship.
Shot entirely in Telemark, Norway on 35mm, Cavagai stars Andreas Lust (Der Räuber, The King’s Choice, and the Oscar-nominated film Revanche), Anni-Kristiina Juuso (The Cuckoo and The Kautokeino Rebellion), and Mikkel Gaup (from Tregenza’s Inside/Out and Pathfinder and Breaking The Waves).
